Some nights, there is no witching "hour" for Craft. I would say that this has been the case for most of his life so far until recently. Other nights, it only lasts 30 minutes or an hour. And then there are nights like tonight (and seemingly every night this week) when it lasts for 3 hours (and it never fails that it always starts just before dinner and continues through the time when Lilly's bedtime routine occurs) and I want to die, which is why I keep putting "hour" in quotations because seriously it can last way more than one hour and I want to die. It's not only frustrating but absolutely exhausting. C is truly lucky that he's cute.
For the past two nights, Dan and I have tag-teamed it to battle this phenomenon. Nothing works, but we still try. On Tuesday, I thought C was just over-tired and over-stimulated, because on previous nights he had been awake (but not overly fussy) from 6pm-ish to 9pm-ish before going to sleep, but he'd slept a lot during that time period on Tuesday because we went to visit my grandparents. On Wednesday, I learned that was not, in fact, the case because it happened again. And then again tonight as well, and luckily for me I was by myself. NOT. I had to sit C in his room and let him cry for a few minutes while I put Lilly to bed. Mother of the year, I know. I remember this happening with Lilly, but I don't remember it being to this extent (but then again I feel like I blocked out her whole infancy and forgot everything ha!).
There are mixed theories on the cause of the witching hour. I am convinced that for Craft, the cause is exhaustion. He yawns the whole time but it's like he's fighting sleep. So frustrating, because he's literally inconsolable. It makes me want to drink heavily.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips to get us through?
Sarah
