For the last few weeks, our little angel turns into a screaming monster in the night. We were so happy that she used to sleep through the night (9pm-6am) since she was 2 and half month old. A lot of people were very jealous of us getting normal sleep in the night. But, looks like our happy nights are over. Now, Ashwini wakes up every night, sometimes at 11pm, sometimes at 1am or 2am or 4am. We thought maybe there is something bothering her physically, because she stops crying as soon as she is picked up as if a switch is turned off. Somebody suggested it could be an ear infection. So, we went to the doctor.

In his opinion, there is nothing wrong physically with her, but, she has behavioural problems. WOW!!! at 7 and half months! What do we have to look forward to when she becomes a 13 or a 14 year old??? The doctor thinks that Ashwini has figured us out completely and has wound us tightly around her little finger. So, we need to be strict and when she cries in the night, we should pick up a pillow and put on our own head to not hear her crying. If we do that for 3-4 days or a week, she will learn to put herself back to sleep if she wakes up. It is very easy to say this than actually do it. We are trying hard, but, end up going to her eventually. Hopefully, this phase will end soon. Till then, we’ll have puffy eyes with big black circles around them.

Here is one of the latest pictures of the monster (but, still adorable….)