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When I stop trying to control everything.

Baby sleep and naps and colic, as much as I LOVE my 4 kids, it’s been the number one source of frustration and mental health breakdowns in my adult life. Sounds dramatic, but like…really.

When I’ve been rocking my baby to sleep for an hour and she’s still screaming or just staring into my eyes, I so often LOSE IT.

I used to take it much more personal. I used to see every crappy nap as a deliberate rebellion on behalf of my newborn. And that sounds ridiculous, because it is lol

I used to be like ok, it’s bedtime. You NEED to go to bed. Why? Because it’s bedtime and I said so and that’s what’s next on the to-do list so I can get to more important tasks I need to complete throughout my day.

These days, even though I’m so not perfect at it, during these difficult put downs or Harper’s witching hour, I’m finding myself just surrendering it. I pray, I ask the Lord for strength and I see these times as me OFFERING her some sleep. More like, hey girlie…you tired? lets try a nap! let’s try some rocking! no? okay, we’ll try again later.

That takes so much of the pressure off. Pressure that we put on ourselves. Somehow we feel like if we can’t get our babies to sleep, we’ve failed in some tragic way.

You haven’t failed. You’re an amazing mom. So try to remember that.

And if it’s a colicky witching hour situation where nothing you do works, again - just surrender. Use that time to talk to your Heavenly Father, and remember that this too shall pass. You might not have eardrums left, but it’ll pass 🫶🏼

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