Hi. Desperately need sleep. My twins are 7mo now and, esp dtd do not sleep!
I am up 10-12x a night, at least one of those wakings is 1-2 hours. I am on average 4hrs sleep/night with no stretch longer than 1.5hrs.
So, last week I got an unexpected tax rebate of £600 which i am spending on a night nanny hoping she can break the back of this.
She could only do Monday, wednesday & Thursday this week so..... Last night she started the training as follows:
Baby cries, pick up, pat back, put down, leave.
Wait 2 mins. Repeat.
Wait 3mins, 4 mins etc.
Last night obviously the babies had no 'history' with her (ie with me they know I always give in/pick them up/feed them) and she doesn't smell of milk and they were fab - hardly a problem
Tonight i have had to follow through and so far I hate it. dtd was left for 2 then 3 then 4 etc minutes all they way up to a 8 minute gap at which point dts woke and screamed too. He went back to sleep during his 5 minute gap but dtd held out until I was on the 2nd 10min gap (decided no way could leave longer than this so made it my max).
Anyway. Poor wee sausage is now asleep. After crying for over 1.5 hours. I feel like utter shit. Hate hate hate my babies crying but if I don't get some sleep soon I honestly think I will have a breakdown!
So, wish me luck as this continues tonight please!!
I will report back how many nights to sort this. Can't give up now or my poor baby has cried for 1.5hours for nothing :(
Please tell me this will work???!!!