Sandy Gillman
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I’m a mum to a toddler, just trying to get through the day. I like to write about the ups and downs of parenting. I’m not afraid to tell it like it is. I hope you’ll find something here to laugh, relate to, and maybe even learn from.
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Continued: We Survived the Four-Month Sleep Regression: Our Experience with a Sleep Consultant and Ferber
We had just survived our first night of sleep training and thought we had conquered it all! But the days, however, were a whole different story. On Saturday, things went a little better. He cried for an hour that morning before his first nap, but he slept for one hour and 20 minutes — which was unheard of for him. For his afternoon nap, he cried for 40 minutes, then slept for 30 minutes. He woke up, cried for another 15 minutes, but then went back to sleep for another 50 minutes. For us, this felt like a success, as it meant he was learning to self-soothe and resettle. That night, he fell asleep in just 10 minutes, and we thought we had solved all our issues — surely, things would get better going forward.
By Sandy Gillmanabout a year ago in Families
We Survived the Four-Month Sleep Regression: Our Experience with a Sleep Consultant and Ferber
Don’t you just hate that well-meaning person who says ‘Sleep when the baby sleeps’? They’ve obviously never had a baby that only sleeps for 30 minutes at a time during the day. As someone who still struggles to nap (maybe I need a sleep consultant?), 30 minutes isn’t enough time to settle, fall asleep, and wake up feeling refreshed. Not to mention, when you only have 30 minutes to yourself, do you really want to spend it sleeping?
By Sandy Gillmanabout a year ago in Families
