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@ChelseaRose: ah gotcha. I tried using the sleep sack for naps today but was too chicken to use it for night time!
@FutureMrsMcK: well it sounds like your method has worked pretty well! I still feel like i don't really trust myself...like how will I know if he's crying because he needs me or because he's scared, or just because he's tired? I always doubt myself even though I know his cries pretty well. -
I love this baby sleep website:
http://www.troublesometots.com/It has tons of age-specific information, and there's a page on there that summarizes all the sleep books (which I don't have time to read either).
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hey hilsy! not sure if someone's already mentioned this, but the healthy sleep habits book has great information but is really dry and somewhat repetitive. the beginning of the book goes into onerous detail about why sleep is important and a bunch of other stuff--the basic message is that...well, sleep is important and that sleep begets sleep.
towards the middle of the book there is more concrete information regarding sleep needs/patterns depending on what age your child is. i think that's the part that people keep referring to.
all this to say that i don't think you have to worry about reading the entire book. you can just focus on the section that you need as time goes along.
of course this is coming from the person who has the worst time getting her baby to fall and stay asleep, so feel free to take what i say with a huge honking boulder of salt.
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Ughhhh we're here too. We're waiting until 5.5 months (next week) to start. Heaven help us. I think we'll be following the Weissbluth method but I'm all sorts of scared.
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Isis parenting has a lot of great webinars and info! I follow nurse nancy holtzman on twitter and she is amazing at responding too. Hope u get btr sleep soon mama!
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well we are now sleep training! LO started screaming and would NOt be put down and would not sleep. So here we go....
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@hilsy85: Good luck! The first night is by far the worst. I sat in my bedroom with the door closed and could still hear the yelling. I asked my husband to bring me iPad and headphones, which is how I distracted myself. I left the volume on the monitor off, but watched him most of the time.
ETA: are you getting rid of the swaddle and paci too?
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@ChelseaRose: we ditched the swaddle and I give him the paci when I go in for checks but he usually spits it out a few minutes later. This is aaawful!!!
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@hilsy85: if he's not calming down, you might need to stop the checks. It will get better. The first is the worst. My husband actually just remarked how different the nights are now. Also, I no longer dread the nights. Tonight was night six an he didn't cry or whine at all when I put him down and fell asleep within five minutes. Allowing him to fall asleep on his own and self-soothe will help him in the long run. Thinking of you guys tonight!
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Agree with everyone that it can be so tough but it will change your life and your LO's sleep...they will get long stretches of uninterrupted sleep and so will you! So many moms (including myself) start out anti sleep training but once they try it they realize that it is so worth it...baby and mama benefit! Most of the moms I know that are having a tough time are not sleeping well and their baby is fussy from also not sleeping well. Best of luck!!!
I really liked the super short and easy to understand online course at http://www.momsoncall.com. I read so many books (secrets of the baby whisperer, healthy sleep habits happy child, dr. Sear's book, and babywise)...momsoncall was the easiest to implement for me...but I would read and re-read all my books to help me decide what would work best.
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@sandy: I read the Moms on Call book, but didn't really implement it because at the time my LO's sleep was improving. I was scared to get rid of the pacifier and swaddle at 12 weeks, but was kicking myself for not doing it when we started having sleep problems and needed to get rid of them anyway. It seemed really harsh when I first read it, but after going through a round of sleep training I don't think it is that bad and the benefits are worth it.
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@hilsy85: it varied, once in a while she didn't cry, but mostly the checks just made her madder/more worked up.
By the third day, I realized the checks were more to ease my conscience than anything, anxious stopped doing them.
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Thanks so much ladies! Well, we survived...Lo was up from 10-midnight; the 1st hour we were trying rocking and nursing; the 2n hour I started doing checks. I did 2 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min, and 7 min. After that he cried on and off (2 min on, 5 min off etc) for about 20 min and then fell asleep. He woke up at 1, I fed him (maybe a mistake?) and put him down. Did one 2 min check and then he slept from 120 to 645. Not bad for the first night I guess! Well see how tonight goes...
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I hope tonight goes better! It should! In all the posts and other things I've read about sleep training everyone always says thy the first night is the worst/hardest.
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@ChelseaRose: thanks! We just put him down to sleep pretty easily tonight--ony two minutes of crying. Hopefully the rest of the night goes well.
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