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Diary of a sleep deprived mama - and the No Cry Sleep Solution experiment!

Hi :wave: I'm mum of 4 lovely children, my youngest is 5 months old :) I thought as an 'experienced' mum, I would have her in a routine and be back to a full nights sleep in no time - how wrong I was :giggle: My daughter isn't a good sleeper, she refuses day time naps and at night she typically wakens at least 4 times - sometimes less, typically more. I have bought the book 'No Cry Sleep Solution' by Elizabeth Pantley, as I don't want to go down the road of Controlled Crying or Cry It Out, nor do I want to spend the next 12 months wakening every couple of hours during the night - I'm mentally and physically exhausted by it.

So, this is my diary - I have no time limit in place, I only hope it works :)

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We haven't given up - yet :?

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:36 pm

I haven't updated in a few weeks - I didn't want to bore with the same old same old :giggle:

Things haven't changed really, the odd night she wakes twice, another night 3 times, another 5 :roll: So I understand the issue - she can't settle herself back to sleep when she wakes in the night, and uses me for comfort. The No Cry Sleep Solution shows how to try and get over that, but despite my best efforts, she is determined she wants me in the middle of the night and thats that :? Unless she is out cold, she won't go to sleep in her cot - she has a radar and bang, as soon as her head hits the pillow she is awake.

So we have been trying this for 2 months now - my 5 month old has turned into a 7 month old, and those people who have assured me that when she starts to roll over, tire herself out in her baby walker, goes onto solids, or just get that big bigger that she will start to sleep better are wrong - there you go, I have said it out loud - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong - see, I'm even writing like I am :loopy: now :giggle:

So I can't give up - the only alternative is to let her cry which I can't do so it looks like we are in it for the long haul - I need to stock up on those matchsticks to keep my eyes open!

 

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