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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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And so we give up :(

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:57 am

OK, I admit defeat, 8 months old and STILL no sleep, in fact, it has gotten WORSE again. I gave in, I took her into our bed and it worked for a few nights when she was tucked into the crook of my arm. She still stirred in her sleep but I was able to get her back over before she woke up properly. Hurray we thought - maybe not the most comfortable nights sleep but we were getting some of a nights sleep. But, as is usual, it has all gone pear shaped, again ...

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We haven't given up - yet :?

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:36 am

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...

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Success - but maybe not...

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:22 am

So, last Friday night, dh did the usual bedtime routine, and Squish was fast asleep for 8.30. I went to bed around 10 and she was still sleeping, so I thought I would get some sleep in before she started wakening - well, I woke at 5am and she was still sleeping :yahoo: and she slept right through until 7ish :)

Wow,...

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I can't remember what nights we have covered now :?

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:05 am

...but I'm slowly but surely going mad here through lack of sleep :(

OK, so we have had the odd night success with just 1 wakening at 5am - now those nights have been few (possibly 2) and far between (ie I can't remember the last one) but I'm starting to realise these have been a fluke, just when we have hit lucky rather than any kind of pattern or routine starting ...

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Nights 8 through to 14

Permanent Linkby eviesmummy on Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:29 am

Well, what can I say :( This isn't working. We had 1 night where she woke once - I can't remember which night it was but wow, we thought great, this is brilliant :) The next night, she woke twice in the night - we can deal with that we thought, twice a night is wee buns, no bother. But, it wasn't to last - we are back to...

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