Yay! Progress! Make sure you celebrate the successes - I often get stuck on the bits that didn't work rather than what DID.... You will be amazed how much easier it is when you have had a bit more sleep. You all deserve a treat today - do something nice for yourselves. Great job Mum!
PS -OT but I have to mention I love your quote, it has helped me no end when I feel like the mess here is engulfing me. I often get caught up in cleaning and making things ordered to my own detriment. Thanks. x
Heaven, good for you! And it will take time. And even when it does take time, there'll be times when she's teething and will be up all night again, but *that's okay* because you've given her some tools to get herself back on track again.
Are you breastfeeding? I am asking because you say in your plan that babies at five months old should be able to sleep through the night without feeding. That may be so for some babies, but not so for others, particularly breastfed babies, and night feeding is often necessary for some babies for many, many months. The ideal I guess is that they wake up when they are hungry and go straight back to sleep again. Insisting on sleeping through without a breastfeed might jeopardise your milk supply, particularly when growth spurts are hitting.
Toomany- Yeah, I am BF. That part is an excerpt from the book. I would love if she slept all night without a feed but that's not going to happen, LOL. I'm cutting it down to 2 feeds though for now and then hopefully only 1 later.
Night 3: Not a great night sleep but something GREAT did happen!!
-firstly rocked to sleep, then realised I hadn't fed the poor thing lol so did what we usually do and fed her when she was sleepy, tried to stop her going to sleep feeding but couldn't so put her in her cot after a feed and amazingly she didn't wake up straight away.
-Woke 1/2hr later at 8.30pm
-DH got up to rock her - 8 attempts at putting her down and her screaming as soon as he even started to lower her in.
-My turn- 4 attempts then on the 5th one I was fed up, put her in and didn't pick her straight back up when she cried, for some reason decided to roll her on her side and pat her bum and she went from screaming to STRAIGHT TO SLEEP!! DH and I were stunned. I know other ppl can get their babies to sleep this way but DD NEVER EVER has!! So finally she's asleep at 10pm.
-10 mins later I hear her wake up, ****! She rolls onto her back kicks her legs a lot, gets her arm out of her wrap, grabs her teddy and rolls over and GOES BACK TO SLEEP ON HER OWN!! DH and I now are in amazement and can't go to sleep
-She then woke at 11.30, had a feed and got put back in bed.
-Woke at 1.30am and rocked back to sleep. Finally back in her cot by 2am.
-Wakes AGAIN at 3 am and I feed her and fall asleep and she stays in bed with us until she wakes at 5.45am.
Well, 7.05pm and she's in bed asleep! Same thing happened, after a gazillion tries we tried again, she cried but then put her on her side and patted and she went to sleep! Good work my baby girl!
GOOD ON YOU!!!!!!!!! YAY! For being asleep!! Hope she gives you a nice long stretch tonight!
We aren't being strict with our routine at the moment, thanks to TEETH teeth and more friggen teeth But last night I got 1.45am to 7.30am!!! We are having midnight parties now, but I'm convinced thats teeth, and we are getting later morning starts, between 6-7.30am at the moment WOOHOO! You will get there too darl
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You are doing so well!!!
But last night I got 1.45am to 7.30am!!! We are having midnight parties now, but I'm convinced thats teeth, and we are getting later morning starts, between 6-7.30am at the moment WOOHOO! You will get there too darl
Well done to you both
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