tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605523553610862388.post2031557212974069731..comments2021-08-18T22:56:09.133-05:00Comments on The Stay-At-Home Attorney: Go the F*ck to SleepSAH Attorneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01024134678577744225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605523553610862388.post-59717762595906939802012-09-12T10:11:49.928-05:002012-09-12T10:11:49.928-05:00Thank you for the comment! I will be emailing you...Thank you for the comment! I will be emailing you here shortly. :-)SAH Attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024134678577744225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605523553610862388.post-29599226394989891292012-09-12T09:36:10.897-05:002012-09-12T09:36:10.897-05:00Seriously, are you inside my head? I am going thro...Seriously, are you inside my head? I am going through the SAME EXACT THING! From the crying baby, to the tears (both mom and baby) to the anger and resentment. We would spend hours HOURS trying to get LK to sleep at night. I was terrified to let him CIO. He was unable to put himself to sleep. I would nurse him several times to sleep at the beginning of the night and every time he woke up. Like 3 or 4 times. Sometimes 5 or 6. We too would rejocie for a 2-3 straight stretch! Finally, my husband had an intervention with me (which I sorely resented at the time b/c I was the one doing the getting up at night and all the naps. How DARE he tell me anythign at thing point...) that we had to try something different b/c what we were doing wasn't working. We had tried the Baby Whisperer (hated her), No Cry Sleep Solution, etc. etc. Finally I talked to some friends and they all said one word: Ferber. I associated Ferber with CIO so I was resistant. But when I looked into it, it is a timed method of crying. I could go in and check on LK at intervals, which I was down with. The first night he cried for 52 minutes when we put him to bed and then woke up several times. The second night 12 minutes when he first went down and only two wake ups. The third night cried for a minute then only one wake up. I do still nurse him once during the night. But if he goes to sleep on his own at 7pm I can handle one wake up at 12 or 1am. I still struggle with getting him to nap. And its not perfect. Some nights he still cries for 10 or 15 minutes. But he is better about putting himself back to sleep when he wakes up rather than relying on my boob. If you want to email me (thekatalmanac@gmail.com) feel free. Sleep (his and mine) is pretty much all I think about these days... :) Steph @ The Kat Almanachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124988202059319461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605523553610862388.post-53742712486297718922012-09-11T09:13:29.662-05:002012-09-11T09:13:29.662-05:00Thank you, I really appreciate it. We've been...Thank you, I really appreciate it. We've been doing what you describe with the "CIO lite", but not much success yet. Hopefully she will figure it out soon. <br /><br />And how cool our little ones are only a day apart! :-) I'm glad your little guy finally became a sleep champ... You give me hope! lolSAH Attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024134678577744225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605523553610862388.post-60579678304645636792012-09-11T08:29:20.467-05:002012-09-11T08:29:20.467-05:00You're not a shit mom. Our babies are 1 day a...You're not a shit mom. Our babies are 1 day apart in age and Sully goes through this too. This sleep regression is a nightmare. Top if off with teething and it is too much. I hate CIO too, but I do this CIO lite thing where I will comfort him for a few minutes, then let him cry for 4 or so minutes, and keep doing that off an on. IT takes a while at first but, now Sully is a sleep champ. And I don't jump up right away when he cries in the middle of the night. I give him about 5 or so minutes to see if he is actually awake and crying or just having a nightmare or something. <br />Hang in there!CourtneyAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810498998886554803noreply@blogger.com