The no-cry sleep solution
My lo is 4 months old & for the past month has not been sleeping well at all, I'm so so tired its unbelievable. So after reading it on here a few times I've bought the book, figure things can't get much worse so am giving it a go (started on Fri) & thought I'd plot my progress for anyone who's interested.
Night one : made a log of my night, he went to bed at 6.45pm as was exhausted, had me up a total of 8 times, one time was for an hour, another an hour & a half, the others were 5-10 mins of nursing each. No wonder I'm so knackered, this is worse than when he was a newborn, at least then he slept lots during the day so I could too.
Night two : started implementing it today & he managed a couple of decent naps, tried to make his bedtime routine bit longer & more chilled. Managed to get him down while still awake & he settled himself. Asleep by 7pm, slept til 12.10 (according to the book anything over 5 hours is classed as sleeping through woohoo) took me an hour to get him back to sleep though, up once more & then up for anyone the day at 6.30. A huge improvement on previous night just hope its not a fluke.
Night one : made a log of my night, he went to bed at 6.45pm as was exhausted, had me up a total of 8 times, one time was for an hour, another an hour & a half, the others were 5-10 mins of nursing each. No wonder I'm so knackered, this is worse than when he was a newborn, at least then he slept lots during the day so I could too.
Night two : started implementing it today & he managed a couple of decent naps, tried to make his bedtime routine bit longer & more chilled. Managed to get him down while still awake & he settled himself. Asleep by 7pm, slept til 12.10 (according to the book anything over 5 hours is classed as sleeping through woohoo) took me an hour to get him back to sleep though, up once more & then up for anyone the day at 6.30. A huge improvement on previous night just hope its not a fluke.
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@newmomma13 I most certainly will tag you & yes he always nurses to sleep, he nurses when he wakes, he wants to nurse when he's upset, he just loves boob!!!! Have tried to get partner to settle him to sleep (when he's woken with wind etc) & he won't have none of it, just wants mommy & boob!!!!
@crystaldawn0830 how long did it take before you started to see results? I know I'm still in really early stages of implementing & he now seems to be fighting it every step of the way
@stella I've loved reading it so far, so much of it makes perfect sense, just hope start to get results soon, they say can take up to a month or more but whats the alternative?!?!?
@Kimberley4411 again that sounds like pure heaven to me, did you follow the book? How long did it take to get that routine?
@sophiasmom11 stalk away!!!!! Hope it works for me & I do believe it can work if done correctly, but already so sleep deprived am not sure I'm taking everything in
I agree that they have to learn to fall asleep without mommys help. Which we are still learning. I think within a few weeks u will start seeing great improvements! Just stick with it! Also during the night feedings I never turn the lights on and I usually put him in a size larger diaper so I don't have to wake him to change it so often.
I hope u get relief soon bc I know how hard it us gettin up 3+ times a night!
Night four : can only be described as complete failure, took me an hour to get him settled to sleep, he woke an hour an a half later when it turned into the no sleep cry method, any time I moved, he cried, would settle him again & try to put him down & he'd just scream. Was awful to see him so upset & unsettled. Took forever to calm him & I gave up & he slept with us for the night
My son was an awful sleeper... I ended up doing CIO and hated it... But it worked and now at almost 3 he is a great sleeper... Every child is different just go with what you feel is best
Since deciding to stop he's been waking 2-3 times for a feed, feels like heaven after anywhere between 6-10 :-)
When ur ready you'll know! Until then, enjoy snuggle time!