Baby nightmare. She's woken crying every ten minutes since seven thirty. I really do know what to do. Or, at least, anything obvious I can do either doesn't work or I'm not prepared to do it, so I suppose I'm stuck with this until one of us figures out how she can get herself to sleep. I really think a snuggle might help because I think she wants something pressed to her face, but she doesn't have the hand skills. They're getting better though, so fingers crossed this horror of irritation might end soon.
On a similar theme to judging, I've been brought very low recently by unsolicited advice. I wish people wouldn't. I find it really depressing, particularly when what they're recommending is obvious so either I've tried it or for some reason discounted it (to the person who suggested I walk with her round and round the streets of east London if she can't sleep at night- thanks, but I'd rather do my but sleeping at home in the warm). Or if people have advice I wish they'd phrase it as what belief for them, rather than the only true baby word.