In my job I see parenting choices I may not agree with all the time, but that's none of my business really. It can be really challenging sometimes but that's how it is. Thing is babies don't conform to what books say they are supposed to do most of the time!
I have no interest in changing her mind if she doesn't want it changed. She asks fior advice on fb & has a lot of friends who've used that book. They all say its great & she's not been interested in following it til now. But I do believe its simply because she doesn't know that a normal baby doesn't sleep through. All her friends have had people say they should, so they've all followed the book or whatever they needed to do to get baby to sleep through. She's hearing all this & hers is pretty much the only one still waking once a night at 4 months.
I think I'm almost the only one on her friends list who's kids don't sleep through (well DD3 doesn't), so I don't think that holds much value for her really. She enjoys cuddling her baby to sleep, but she's thinking of giving that up because she thinks she's been a 'naughty mummy' doing that.
Pretty sure the breast feeding is over. She couldn't do the frequent feeds. I think she gave that up about 2 months ago. Again, the oppinions of others weighed in. I held back then & I am now, because I don't want to seem like I'm pushing her my way IYGWIM. But I think she does just need to know what CIO etc involves...
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