For parents of crap sleepers

[stargirl30]

I thought I would post here to help out those of you with crap sleepers.

My DD is now 2 and has always fought her sleep, she doesn't sleep very much. She has always woken multiple times each night.
We ended up co-sleeping out of desperation and I became a big fan.
I have always refused to do any form of sleep training as personally I didn't feel happy with it and I didn't think it would work for her. That's not to say I would condemn anyone else but deep down I knew it was not right for her.I couldn't see why you should "train" a baby to do something so natural.
So anyway we have just gone with the flow and now, aged 2, she sleeps in her own bed in her own room! I have to pop in at least once most nights for a cuddle and sometimes to sleep in her bed for a bit. But she now regularly sleeps for 7 hour stretches. That may not sound like much to some of you but if you have a crap sleeper it probably sounds great!
So I just wanted to give another perspective on sleep issues and reassure you that there is another way.
Hope this helps someone and please ask if you want support
Stargirl xx

Thanks Stargirl. I haven't posted for a while but your message was lovely. It's nice to hear from parents a bit further along the line, especially after a particularly bad night when you find it difficult to see the light at the end if the tunnel.

It's a strange sort of reassurance given that for me 2yrs is still another 18 months away but really I think it's a realistic timeframe for those of us who have crap sleepers and don't sleep train. But also it's such a short period of time compared to their childhood lives.

DS is 7 months and though his night wakings are very frequent I have noticed that the method(s) he used to need to get to sleep are changing without any direction from me. He used to need to be walked and rocked to get off to sleep, then one day I realised I was sitting and rocking absentmindly and he had gone to sleep in my arms, and now it's more just a gentle bouncy cuddle. It's actually quite gratifying to see how he's growing up and needing less reassurance to sleep - like nature intended in it's sometimes slow meandering way :)

Thanks for posting!