So Zaid unexpectedly wakes at 4am this morning. I go check on him, give him a kiss, turn his night…

So Zaid unexpectedly wakes at 4am this morning. I go check on him, give him a kiss, turn his night light on, and after 10 minutes I leave. He cries. I realise he's playing with me and wants to come into our bed. And the problem there is that he doesn't actually go back to sleep in our bed, he just starts playing. So I decide he's fine, I'll go back to CIO method. He's barely crying for 3 minutes and the next door neighbours start knocking on the wall. My husband: they probably think we're asleep 😑 yh sure like I could sleep through my child even moaning let alone crying. So now my husband's stressing me out that we're disturbing the neighbours. But what's pissing me off is that I'm going to have a newborn (God willing) in a months time, what do the neighbours expect then?! Anyway, I go to do first check, again as I leave there's more crying, more banging on the wall, hubs also adds to the BS by leaving the bathroom light on and lighting up Zaid's room. 4am and I'm now wide awake from anger. But I know my child. I know he's testing his limits. This time round he gets a stern, it's bedtime now mummy's not coming back in again. I walk out. He gives one yell. And drops off to sleep. I'm glad I stuck that one out. It was the space of 10 mins of crying and the neighbours and my husband made me feel like I was torturing my child and ruining everyone's sleep but it's my long term, I'm not going to let my child regress because it's troubling you all for 10 mins. And get over it, baby's cry. The neighbours better have knocked out of concern and not annoyance (as my husband is adamant about) because I won't take no BS knocking if my newborn is crying!