And according to the nurse at the Early Years Centre, most of the time it just doesn't work. My girls are capable of crying for 2 hours or more if they want to nurse at night. If they don't want to nurse, they wake up, gurble a bit, maybe one or two wails, and they soothe themselves back to sleep. They've never needed help to fall asleep - they just get hungry in the night.
We're up to 2 full nights sleep for Keilidh, and 5 for Kiara now. I'm so proud! (It's after 9:30, and they're still sleeping...)
Like popelaksmi said, it's come in stages. They slept through the night last Christmas, started waking 5 or 6 times each during the cold part of winter, slept through the night from June through to August, then spent the fall waking once to nurse (not always at the same time) after a long nasty cold. But i think we've got it.
Letting them cry it out (i've tried it a few times) is just an excercise of frustration for everyone involved, including the parent who lies awake the whole time feeling shitty.
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Date: 2003-11-22 06:41 am (UTC)We're up to 2 full nights sleep for Keilidh, and 5 for Kiara now. I'm so proud! (It's after 9:30, and they're still sleeping...)
Like popelaksmi said, it's come in stages. They slept through the night last Christmas, started waking 5 or 6 times each during the cold part of winter, slept through the night from June through to August, then spent the fall waking once to nurse (not always at the same time) after a long nasty cold. But i think we've got it.
Letting them cry it out (i've tried it a few times) is just an excercise of frustration for everyone involved, including the parent who lies awake the whole time feeling shitty.