Happy Monday Morning

Thanks to each of you who have provided your stories and experiences of sleep(less) nights and how you've gone about making things better. We're doing a half-ass Cry-It-Out right now, less because we are wimps, and more because there's no sense in heading into baby boot camp when we're about to be sleeping at Grandma's house for four days. I'll be sure to let you know, however, what hybrid of methods we end up trying and keep you posted on the results thereof.

I will say, though, getting them down for naps over the weekend ROCKED.

Comments

[meg]

Glad it is a bit better. What a cutie she is.... look at her!

[mamie]

just caught up on the last post. oh my god, your mama is hilarious. my parents thought we were cracked when we first did CIO but they aRE not in the main house (we all habitat the same place) and they were not the ones doing the work, so it went our way.

what to say, my kids have never been great sleepers but they also are not horrible. CIO worked for them at 8 months, got them to the point of 7 to 5 and kept them there with the exception of every three or four weeks something interrupting one of their sleep (teeth, coughing or whatever, breathing air,i don't know)

all i know is it was fine for us, we actually discovered we were doing too much and likely disturbing their sleep. just so you know, we never separated them, even though we have a high pitched wailer with mace. i just figured we had no extra room, so they had to get used to it. now, as they are older, i think they comfort each other a bit during rough nights. and they even tell each other to 'shhh'.

we did not do the 'book' method. we just let them cry for a set amount of time, went in, soothed and sometimes even picked them up, put them down and left. i think it worked because we were consistent. this all sounds a little ironic to me, now that we are in canine and molar land, some nights see us snuggling up with one or the other to get them back down. and oddly enough, i kinda like it.

happy holidays, watch out for your mama...those gp's do not like their little ones to cry.