This week was an amazing breakthrough. If you get the story from Renee we let her cry it out and Ferberized the little Fischer Moss. However the truth is that it was the first time where noises were made and no one immediately sprinted to her. Renee had been having a really tough time lately and came to me out of desperation needing help.
After thinking long and hard about the factors at play I couldn't help but remember her extensive history of animal training. When people and small children would come over to her house before we were together the cat would stalk and bite people repeatedly. Renee's reaction was normally something like - "I don't know he's rotten". When asked about her dog she had (Buck), the response was usually - "He was a nightmare, he pretty much ran my life".
So here we go
Night 1- Place Fischer in the crib, run away. Crying pretty hard on and off for about an hour and 15 min. Maybe as fathers, we just aren't effected the same way from the crying. Renee was in tears and also googling various psychology websites for the long-term psychological damage we were potentially doing. I was doing my best to fend off all possible obscure scenarios for hunger or gas Renee was throwing at me. Just before we broke down and went in to free her, our neighbor Andrea knocked on the door. Our Savior. This made us wait the critical 2 more minutes which was all little Fischer Moss needed to go to sleep.
Night 2-
Place Fischer in the crib, run away. Cried for only 30 minutes.
Night 3-
Place Fischer in the crib, run away. No crying, straight to sleep. Fiesta Time.
FACE EATER
Laugh #2 still a rare event- this is laugh 2 of only 2.
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