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After 45 minutes of trying to get Brodie and Lucas to fall asleep, I finally gave up and put them to bed in their cribs and let them cry themselves to sleep. No matter what I tried, I couldn't soothe them. Those last 15 minutes of listening to them both cry was painful, and seemed like it lasted for hours. Once the house was silent, I couldn't resist going into their nursery to check on them. I had to make sure they were still breathing and comfortably asleep in their cribs, even though it meant taking the chance of waking them up again.
Lucas was asleep, but sobbing every other breath. Brodie was asleep, with his hands covering his eyes, and his head pressed ever so slightly up against the rails of his crib. I was relieved to see them sleeping, but still feel horrible that I put them through having to cry it out to get them to fall asleep.
For the last few weeks, my husband has been arriving home earlier from work. Together we...
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