http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/ Help for sleep-deprived parents Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-925 jhoolsema Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:07:19 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-925 sleep is developmental...wish someone would have told me that a little sooner. instead, i get so bogged down in the "why" she isn't sleeping and get obsessed over naptimes, eating times, routines, etc., only to feel even more frustrated because these systems don't work. For example, my baby slept better in the night when her naps were spurratic and short...now that she's napping a lot better, the nightwakings increase. go figure. they just eventually will figure it out i guess. sleep is developmental…wish someone would have told me that a little sooner. instead, i get so bogged down in the “why” she isn’t sleeping and get obsessed over naptimes, eating times, routines, etc., only to feel even more frustrated because these systems don’t work. For example, my baby slept better in the night when her naps were spurratic and short…now that she’s napping a lot better, the nightwakings increase. go figure. they just eventually will figure it out i guess.

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-518 swizzler Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:21:29 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-518 Absolutely. It doesn't necessarily signal months of bad nights and it is nothing you have done wrong. It Will Pass. Absolutely. It doesn’t necessarily signal months of bad nights and it is nothing you have done wrong. It Will Pass.

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-515 Laura McIntyre Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:35:22 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-515 Yes yes yes - and it will pass. Took my now 27 month old 2 years to start sleeping through but it really does happen Yes yes yes – and it will pass. Took my now 27 month old 2 years to start sleeping through but it really does happen

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-508 finngarianmama Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:19:10 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-508 (((hugs))) Sorry... let's hope you get luckier than me... (((hugs))) Sorry… let’s hope you get luckier than me…

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-502 amberjee Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:27:17 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-502 ah no finngarian! i thought my next one would HAVE to be a good sleeper. don't destroy that smug illusion for me ..... arrrgghhh! ah no finngarian! i thought my next one would HAVE to be a good sleeper. don’t destroy that smug illusion for me ….. arrrgghhh!

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-501 finngarianmama Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:21:20 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-501 OH, and about being smug about doing one's time... I was REALLY smug when I was pregnant the second time because my first was such a HORRIBLE sleeper, I thought the universe OWED me a good sleeper. Well, guess what I got? Another HORRIBLE sleeper! See what happens? ;) OH, and about being smug about doing one’s time… I was REALLY smug when I was pregnant the second time because my first was such a HORRIBLE sleeper, I thought the universe OWED me a good sleeper. Well, guess what I got? Another HORRIBLE sleeper! See what happens?

]]> http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-500 finngarianmama Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:18:56 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/what-ive-learned-this-time-round/#comment-500 Yes to this whole thing. YES!!! Yes to all 3 points, but especially the first. We cannot do ANYTHING about it, NOTHING at all... the only thing we can do is try to get as much sleep as possible and set our standards for everything else VERY LOW... have a cup of coffee in the morning if it helps, and yes, let the other kids watch TV. This is all about survival, people! Not about living an idealistic life. Yes to this whole thing. YES!!! Yes to all 3 points, but especially the first. We cannot do ANYTHING about it, NOTHING at all… the only thing we can do is try to get as much sleep as possible and set our standards for everything else VERY LOW… have a cup of coffee in the morning if it helps, and yes, let the other kids watch TV. This is all about survival, people! Not about living an idealistic life.

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