If you want to pray specifically for our trip to Haiti, here is my latest concern...
Bryson has not been sleeping through the night, and is waking up screaming. The only thing that consoles him is nursing. This is going to be a BIG problem for my parents, and we are not sure how to address it in the meantime. Wean him? Let him cry it out? I'm not sure if he is in pain (teething?) or if something else is bothering him. How do we prepare him for me to leave and make this as easy as possible for my parents? Should I still go to Haiti? I am very concerned and don't want to burden my parents with sleepless nights and a screaming baby!
Other than that I think Bryson will do well, and he is very attached to my dad so that will be fun for both of them. Thank you for your prayers and concern.
Anna
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Dear Anna, One thing that comes to mind right away with your situation is that maybe your dad could just sleep with Bryson. If he is close to Dave it will seem like a fun time and maybe not so frightening. Joel and I will pray for peace for you and him. We love your family and glad that you and Caleb get to go together. Love ya, Jenn Morgan
Oh, I will pray for you!
You should still go!
The anxiety over leaving him is probably more overwhelming than what will actually happen.
I bet your parents will do just fine and they might end up having a great time.
We went on a trip for a week and left miserable Leyla at my parents with the chicken pox. (Don't tell anyone! ;))I did feel bad...
Anyways, just my 2 cents.
I'm sure you and Caleb are praying about this and will do what you think is best.
I'm sorry to hear about sweet Bryson. However, in my very small experience, Edward has gone through many of those weird phases and it seems that he does best with a change of scenery...such as going to my parents house. I have worried so many times when leaving him and to my amazement, he always does great and of course, I am the one who didn't do so well.
Praying for you with this decision regardless.
I'm not a mommey, so I don't know any mother advice, but I will be praying for you, Caleb and Bryson. I do know that God will take good care of you all.
Yikes...that is a problem!
We will be praying for you guys, that you will make a good decision for all of you.
I am and will be praying for you guys. (especially your parents :) ) Don't worry - Bryson will be fine. And your parents will have a good time with him. By the way, it was so fun to see you at Christmas! Laura
Asher did the same thing at Bryson's age. The waking up and screaming. By then he was weaned, but not even his pacifier soothed him. Some nights Lance would go in and rock him; others it was more like a nightmare and we had to wake him up enough to convince him it was okay and we were there. If it is teething, maybe have a cold wash cloth he can suck on to try calming. I do sympathize cuz it is miserable to not be able to comfort and not know what is wrong. I will be praying.
Thank you all for your comments and prayers! He is doing better already... still time to make progress.
I've been praying for you all and wisdom and foresight for this big decision with all of its contributing factors. Are you planning on pumping while you're there, because a week of not nursing might not just be hard on Bryson...I get sore just thinking about it =) Does Caleb plan on going again in the future?
Am praying for your Grandma and the rest of your family too; You guys have a lot going on!
Hi Anna, I will be praying for you as well. I was just talking about this very situation with someone else who said in her experience, the night or two at grandma's went better than expected. The first time the baby woke up and fussed and they got him back to sleep, and the following times became shorter and easier. She thinks it was b/c babies push it harder with their parents knowing that mommy's got the milk if they just scream long enough. :) From my personal experience, we left Jakey for a weekend for the first time when he was about 13 mo. old and my worries were for nothing. The only thing my parents said was that it was better when we called to talk to him on the phone when it wasn't right at his bedtime, b/c then he was tired and it got him crying. There's my 2 cents. Praying for you! Sonja E.
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