First off - this is an open solicitation for advice - please give us some advice on getting babies to sleep through the night - and at what age it is appropriate to begin such techniques! We've read some - tried some things - and are feeling like we are making little head way. We are getting looootttss of night waking unrelated to hunger/dirty diaper/etc. We still feed once a night and really would be happy doing that if the girls weren't waking before and after they ate multiple times! So bring on the advice - we are asking!
On other random notes, I sit here staring jealously at my dogs as they nap on the sofa, but then I remember that I get to ride in the car with the windows down whenever I want!
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Okay I have a tough one and you make think of me differently after I have told you the secret! My friend Pat told me to do this and it worked..... it's tough on the heart strings and with two you may need two tranquillisers for yourselves..
Ignore them! The first time we did this with Noah, he was about four or five months. It is a VERY hard thing to do, infact you may cry yourself. I think Noah cried about 10 to 15 minutes (which feels like 10 to 15 days). Lao and I lay stressfulled in our beds but he eventually cried himself to sleep. The next night it took about five minutes and after that he mostly slept through the night.
Before that I would wake him when we went to bed to give him a bokkie, usually thickened with cerial, this would full him up and usually have him sleeping till the morning. It was the only time I gave him a bottle as usually I breast fed.
Anyway I hope you get some sleep soon. You may need separate rooms for the babies in order to make solution 1 work.
Good luck and bonne courage. x
Miriam,
We know exactly what you are going through with your rwinkies. We went through it ours and seem to be on the other side *hopefully*. It sounds like crying it out is working for you, but if you need other ideas we have some.
Are you swaddling the girls for bed? Rachael would *only* sleep soundly if she was swaddled until she was about four months old. Might try that. Now that she doesn't sleep swaddled, we let her just talk/cry on her own for up to 20 minutes before we go in and check on her...works for us! Our girls share reflux so maybe they'll share sleep habits too! Good luck. :)
Hi Miriam,
You probably won't know who I am just from my name, but my husband Greg and I helped start the couples group that you are in with my cousin Aaron & his wife Sara. We are also good friends with the Burlisons and ever since I found your link on their blog I have been checking up periodically on your parenting adventure! I am actually a parent educator in NC where we live and I love helping parents find resources when they have questions...so although you've done some reading on getting your girls to sleep through the night I thought I'd pass these two resources along.
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_key_sleep_tips&AddInterest=1155
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babysleep/babybedroutine/1507759.html
And by the way, the Zero to Three website is a great resource for lots of different issues. The Parents As Teachers website as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics are also great places to find reliable information on child development. Hope this helps!!
Angie Phipps
Sorry, that second web address is incomplete, it is:
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/
babysleep/babybedroutine/1507759.html
Angie
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