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@MamaMoose: haha! That's exactly what I was thinking.
I waited it out til LO was 11.5 months old and waking up 3+ times a night for 1-2 hours at a time. At which point I was delirious at work. Im a dentist and it's really, really not good for me to be that tired!
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@JoyfulKiwi: How funny because my DH and I hated being touched! We can't fall asleep while cuddling. And he likes his pillow flat and I like mine super fluffy. He also hates his feet covered (like our kids) but I have to have mine covered with the blanket (no socks though!) And he likes it pitch dark but I like a little light so I have a tiny little night light on my side of the bed.
@Mrs. Jump Rope: It took a while to figure out their sleep preferences but I think I've got it nailed down. They both sleep through the night right now so I'm hoping that this doesn't change!
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I just wanted to say that one of the best things I get from WIO and Nurshable was to stop worrying about sleep and that I was possibly ruining my baby by nursing to sleep and bedsharing - it's been such a liberating feeling! My baby is normal, and letting go of the worry and fear of failure makes the night waking so much more bearable!!
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I feel like we kind of did something like this until we finally sleep trained at 11 months. I wasn't working then, so if I had to wake up in the night, it wasn't a big deal because I could sleep during the day....or so I thought. Turns out part of the reason why I had such a rough first year was because while I was getting sleep, it wasn't quality night sleep. It was short naps during the day, which weren't recharging me. And I was short on being outside and getting fresh air.
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We did WIO until close to 11 months, when a cold made his sleep unbearable. Cold ended, and sleep remained awful, so we did a gentle form of CIO then. I shared a lot of the same feelings as in this article, but I also don't have a job where I mentally have to be fully present all day. I can certainly see having a different sort of job and needing more sleep than I got at 10 months. But I wish I didn't worry about it so much in those early months. Co-sleeping and rocking to sleep didn't ruin our lives.
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The only reason I stress out over sleep is because I have a full time job that starts before 8. I didn't care how tired I was on leave. I care a LOT now.
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I also want to add that I work full time out of the home and I have to be at work at 7 am. WIO isn't just for stay at home moms. We've used gentle techniques to try and improve his sleep and we've seen a slow improvement over the months. We went from spending hours trying to get him down for the night and now just a quick rock and he's out. Next we'll start working on getting him to sleep with out the rocking. And he can sometimes fall asleep by us just laying next to him. I really believe CIO would not have worked for my son. I'm actually jealous of the ladies where their baby just fussed for 15 minutes and fell asleep. There's no way that would have happened with my son. So for me, just accepting that we would have to wait it out and reading other moms going through the same thing has helped tremendously.
@Kemma: Same for me too. Once I just accepted his crappy sleep and stopped stressing over it, it felt like a weight lifted. Granted it was still frustrating, but I didn't worry about it anymore.
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I realize this is an old post, but after stumbling upon the blog the op linked, I wanted to put it (back) out there here on HB. I loved loved loved this blog & was encouraged that NOT sleep training is not going to ruin my baby or make her spoiled.
I think so far she's doing great by us just trying to be aware of her sleep cycles & encouraging a relaxed entrance to dreamland through wearing her, cuddling, rocking, nursing or drowsy placement into her crib. I'm certainly open to the methods that others may use, but at the moment I'm happy to stay with the gentlest approach we can get success with.
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@GoGoSnoGirl: thanks for bringing this back! good info/perspective
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@GoGoSnoGirl: good for you! every baby and every situation is different, i think the most important thing is to be flexible and do what works best for you and your family.
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I'm laughing my ass off at my comment on this thread! My little girl was 2 months old when I wrote on here "I'm blessed with a good sleeper". Hahahaha! Back then, she was sleeping 4-6 hour stretches and waking 2 times per night for a feed, which was great for 8 weeks. But it didn't change! She was still waking in the night at 2 years old!!! I was NOT blessed with a good sleeper after all!!
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