Comments on: Sleep Update: The final hurdle

By: bassinet

bassinet — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:48 +0000

You have come a long way and I promise there are better days ahead. The first 2 years are always difficult and you have to pick your battles. It sounds like you are starting to see the value in that. Looking forward to hearing more from you and always wishing you the best of luck.

By: Little Kai slept through the night! | Sleepy Tot Blog

Little Kai slept through the night! | Sleepy Tot Blog — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:35:52 +0000

[...] couple of nights into the plan and she wrote a blog post that was enough to put anyone off going any further. He was pretty much awake from 2:30 until [...]

By: Laura McIntyre

Laura McIntyre — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:14:41 +0000

Sleep issues are HARD. 3rd time around i thought it would be fine.

My eldest did not sleep through till around her 2nd birthday, even now at 4.5 she wakes and needs a cuddle in the evening . She co-sleeps (still) so while feeding every 3 hours was a pain it was ok .
Her sister woke once a night from birth and started going 14 hours a night at 4 months

(If you want to do the math, there is 17m between my girls so dd2 slept through before dd1).

Then came my boy and much like yours is a nightmare. He would wake hourly for a feed (and those feeds would last 30 minutes) . For months we went through hell , i was in a state of depression and it was really affecting my realinship with everyone. Some weeks i would be calculating total sleep in single digits.

Now at 15 months is is amazing , it has just improved over time and with some slight cio from us (as in not sleep training but some nights i would get so desperate and tired i just could not do it anymore. Maybe done it 3/4 times over the space of 6 months. No idea if it actually helped)
He still wakes at least 2/3 times a night , i do dream of the day he sleeps through but will deal with this just now.
Does he nap? My boy is a terrible napper of maybe 30 minutes a day if we are lucky
.-= Laura McIntyre´s last blog ..The Night Before =-.

By: Baking Mad Mama

Baking Mad Mama — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:01:15 +0000

Hope you manage to crack the sleeping soon! Wishing you all the luck in the world with it xx .-= Baking Mad Mama´s last blog ..The fortnight in review =-.

By: babieswhobrunch

babieswhobrunch — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:10:57 +0000

Wow. Feel for you. Am too tired now to fill you in on our latest. But small steps do seem to be helping a bit. And Louis seems to be weaned. But it’s been TOUGH. And I feel horrible. And he still goes for my boob lots and lots in the night. Especially if we bring him back into our bed. And then freaks when I won’t let him have it. It’s horrid. But with lots of help from his Dad – I really think this is key – he’s getting there. And sometimes I feel just a bit better in the morning. But man, it’s tough. Really want to hear how you’re getting on. Am envious of the support you’ve found. When I wrote that Independent piece I was hoping offers would flood in to sort us out, but no such luck!! xx
.-= babieswhobrunch´s last blog ..More tree-ditions =-.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:48 +0000

I'm reading backwards, so I know he's getting it, but just to say, you are doing absolutely the right thing. You need to be comfortable with what you are doing, even if it's hard, because consistency is the key. And you can only be consistent if you know in your heart of hearts that you are doing the right thing. Well done, and stick with it. Sleep is the hardest thing to solve, because without we feel so emotional and useless, that we can't function properly. Good luck x .-= Victoria´s last blog ..Christmas tree, O Christmas tree =-.

By: Capital Mom

Capital Mom — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:16:53 +0000

I’m glad I read your other post first and know things are a bit better. The only way he started sleeping through the night was to not nurse at night. He yells and yells when his dad goes to him but I know he is okay. He is just pissed off.

By: Ellen Heaney

Ellen Heaney — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:24:17 +0000

Josie my heart goes out to you. It sounds so hard. I hope that soon Kai learns that sleeping is OK and that he can cope on his own. I'm sure that things will get better soon. x .-= Ellen Heaney´s last blog ..A quiet cuddle =-.

By: Dad Who Writes

Dad Who Writes — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:52:23 +0000

God how I feel for you! And i do remember those times with dudelet who was almost as bad as your experience with Kai sounds. We just had to accept (though it filled us with irrational rage at times) that this was the kind of baby we had.

But we got there – and it sounds like you are too!
.-= Dad Who Writes´s last blog ..I think he still believes in Father Christmas =-.

By: Muddling Along Mummy

Muddling Along Mummy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:21:03 +0000

Thinking of you – really hope that you get it cracked during the next couple of weeks. I can’t say how much I admire you for having the courage to take things at the speed Kai needs – so many people would have not been able to do that

((hugs))
.-= Muddling Along Mummy´s last blog ..Getting my mojo back- knackered nethers =-.