Comments on: To Sleep…EVER????

By: Tia The Hissing Goose

Tia The Hissing Goose — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:39:56 +0000

Your pain? I feel it. Neither one of my children is a good sleeper. Or even a decent sleeper. Both of them sleep in 2 – 4 hour blocks, and when they wake up, they cry and whine. There has never, ever been any “self-soothing” in these here parts. Nope.

One assumes that this spotty and intermittent sleep crap rectifies itself when your kids, you know, get older and shit. Ha! My big kid is FIVE and still doesn’t sleep through the night. My three year old is slightly better, but not much.

I’ve kind of gotten used to never, ever, ever sleeping. Ever. Did I mention it’s been 5 years since I’ve slept? Yeah.

We should look into bulk buying discounts at the straight jacket emporium.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:46:53 +0000

We let the Poptart set the schedule – it seemed the easiest and the best way for her to figure out how to sleep. At 8.5 months I still nurse/snuggle her to sleep, but I expect she’ll figure it out eventually.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:07:43 +0000

I only have the two kids but the story is similar. With K I read every book and forum out there on getting a kid to sleep. It was an obsession. After going insane I did actually do sleep training and it did work for K…sort of…he’s still a really bad sleeper. I think it’s his nature.

My son is so non-stop active that I didn’t have the time to spend rocking my daughter to sleep so she just got put down in her crib while I went to corral her brother. She had to learn how to sleep on her own and it has actually worked out that she’s a better sleeper than her brother…although she will never ever ever sleep anywhere else but her own crib.

It sounds like your family are all live-wires when it comes to sleeping. I hope it settles soon.
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By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:37:52 +0000

My first was definitely given way more attention sleep wise. She HAD to be rocked/bounced/nursed/sung/read to sleep, no ifs ands or buts about it. We could not leave her room until she was OUT. THANKFULLY once she hit around 2 years old or so she cahnged into a champion sleeper. She will fall asleep on her own and when she is out, she is OUT.

The second wasn’t given as much. Yes, she was rocked/cuddled/nursed to sleep. Yes, I co-slept for about 6 months BUT once she got into the routine of the crib she now can be put to bed awake and she will either go to sleep or chat with hertoys before falling asleep on her own. It’s heaven. She does still periodically wake and sometimes I have to go in to soothe her but generally she’s a good sleeper.

I hope that Tara settles down to be a good sleeper for you. Sounds like you need it
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By: CrAzY Working Mom

CrAzY Working Mom — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:19:25 +0000

OMG! I am so relieved to know that I am not the only one. Shelby, my oldest (7yrs) sleeps well. She goes to bed without a fuss and wakes up just the same. Tyler and Emily both wake in the night frequently. Most nights they stumble into our bed and it’s so tiring, but much easier to just let them in. *sigh* But, even though it’s a King sized bed. It’s just not made for four people when two of them love to turn sideways and kick the devil out of you. *yawn* Some day there will be sleep…some day. Here’s hoping Tara gets that sleeping thing down real soon.
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