*sigh*

[outinthestorm]

So, the second night of the new schedule for my blue eyed boy didn't work out at all.
I can't even pin-point what went wrong, but it's been the worse night for sleep since he's been born. I think I've had a total of 2 hours. He's been wide awake since 5am.
So I'm calling last night a wash, and we'll try again tonight.

Comments

[tallulah99]

Hey, don't you love it when random people pop in and give you unsolicited advice? You do? GREAT!

Just wanted to point you in the direction of my 'sleep bible' - Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth. I read that sucker just about every night for the first 6 months of my son's life. We used his 'formula', so to speak, and my 3 year old is STILL a championship sleeper. It can take a little while to get the hang of, for you AND baby, but it worked like a charm for us and I am already doing rereads for 5 week old baby girl. Three months looks SO far away right now!

I hope it works out for you soon. I am in the throes of newborn sleep deprivation right now myself. I have caved in and started cosleeping, which I was vehemently opposed to, and am getting more that way, but I cannot WAIT until she is sleeping full time in her crib!! Good luck!

[outinthestorm]

Heh - believe me, at this point, I'm happy to get all the advice I can get

[magenta69]

I don't envy you right now LOL. I am so glad that I am past that point. I personally hate co-sleeping and stayed strong to not allow myself to do it, no matter how much sleep I was deprived. Everyone has their own opinions, I just think you develop bigger problems later. Baby's cries are loud, but toddler or older? Their tantrums are hair pulling, and that is what most go through when they finally allow the child to sleep in their own beds. I have no advice to offer, other than you will work it out eventually, just don't stray from your methods, it will pay off eventually!

[outinthestorm]

Do you mean co-sleeping as in bed-sharing, or so-sleeping in the same room? Becase our little man sleeps in our room, but not in our bed, partly because we had a full house when he was born and there wasn't any other rooms for him, and partly because of SIDS, but yeah, both my honey and I didn't want him in our bed, because it can cause so many problems later.
Besides which, we have a waterbed, and they say that you definately shouldn't sleep with a baby in a waterbed, so that just clinched it for us.

[magenta69]

Yeah I meant just in the bed. Him being in the room should be fine, he is still independently in his own bed. :)