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Another thread. My didn't we get full quickly! night sleeping good. Naps...not even 5 mins so far today...

he cried last night at 9:40 and i had to repeat cc till 10:30pm. it was hard but as he had been doing so well it would be madness to revert to bf to sleep again which was what he was looking to do. they do say they can revert to former behavoiur after around 5 days and it was about 5 days ago i first did it so hoping that was it for now. yuk though. hope you are all doing ok

cruise, hope you are surviving. it is torture to listen to them cry.

amber - i know. he did not cry the whole 40 mins (I could not have coped) it sort of peaked and troughed iyswim! hope your night was ok. what happened?

morning all,

i think my ds is retaliating too! He woke at 04.30 ( i didn't get to sleep until after midnight, friend staying with me and i heard her come in) and he intermittently settled and cried for an hour and a half. I eventually relented and brought him into bed to feed at 6am and he was out..sparko..and I had to get up for work at 6.30am!

It's my dh i have to train as well - he keeps wanting to bring him into our bed but I'm having a strict "no feed before 6am" rule. I know I sound cruel but it's the only way I can see of him sleeping thru the night...aahh i'm fantasising about those days!!

ginger hope yu had a better nite

well, LO woke at 11 and DH settled him. Then he woke at 1 and 4 for feeds, no crying, settled back straight away. Then he woke at 5.40 and couldn't be settled, well I tried for 40 mins, and then since it was 6am thought what is the point, we'll just get up anyway. so even though he woke horribly early, that is the most settled night we've had in ages. and the two feeds worked quite well as he actually ate rather than just snacked every hour or two like he normally does. although, this morning i tried to feed him at 7, and he just didn't seem hungry yet.
i feel horribly guilty about the crying last night though, and the crying this morning at 5.40. blerrgh. makes me feel like such a bad mum.

morning everyone.
amber for your settled night. you're a great mum.
cruse i'm sure it's just a little blip.
welcome elsy.(lovely name btw, may steal it if ever have a girl!)
tibs x

Amber: that sounds like a pretty good night

Variable for us: one 4 hour stretch, then waking every couple of hours and into bed with us at 4am cos he would not settle.

Cruise and Amijee: hope you get through the blip!

swizz, sounds similar to our LO's pattern. the first part of the night is easy - generally 3-4 hours straight, then waking every 2 hours, then after 4am it generally becomes impossible!

amber and swizz amber, you're doing a great job, i know its hard when they cry tho
morning tam!
cruise and ami and oh shit, that means dd may try it on tonight then she went to sleep after 5/10 mins last night, cried out every hour but settled herself woke at 1.45am for a feed, again at 6am, then up at 7am. if i'd have been properly awake at 6, would have got her to hold out and then would have only been 1 feed!!
Our best night yet!!!!
am now anticipating it all going tits up tonight tho, bahhh.... we'll see

DS is asleep ... in his cot! Ands has been for nearly an hour! Obvioulsy the regime change is working - DH resurrected the annoyong mobile and it only took 3 goes before he went off

he falls alseep watching his mobile? i had to take the mobile off LO's cot because it was way too stimulating and he'd never go to sleep even though he loves it!

swizz - WOW . That ismy ambition...to get ds to NAP in his cot!

mobile didn't used to work. DH has been putting him down for a nap plus mobile but has only gone 20 mons at a time until today. Praps he was just ready?

just woke up but he had nearly 1.5 hrs

swizz - amazing! how old is he now? mine only goes 30 mins at a time. i've learned to just accept that though every day i hope for longer.

swizz, fab!!!
amber, my lo is a 30 minuter as well. occasionally, we get longer, but very rarely.

in my experience naps get longer as they get older. ds has on average 1hour1/2 every day (in cot) and today has been asleep since 11.45 and is still not up! have managed to watch des housewives from wed and loose woman and have my lunch in peace. plus mil babysat this moring so i could go to gym so all is well.
oh and tibs for your night x

We had the most fantastic night by recent standards. DH fed her bottle of ebm at 10.30 but by 11.20 she still wasn't settled, just kept starting every time laid in the cot so he popped her into bed with me and she slept until 3.30. (That's four yes four whole hours of uninterupted delicious sleep). Fed then back to sleep until 6 I think I disturbed her tho because a couple of sucks later and she was back to sleep until 7.
Bloody marvelous. I still feel like crap tho.

Cruise must be hard listening to him cry, hopefully it works tonight.

excellent ginger. 4 hours is manageable isn't it. ds has been asleep since 11.45 and still isn't up. i'm lurking around on mn as never have this much time to myself also been to body pump class this morning (mil babysat)x

well, I might have to say goodbye to you all . I dont want to as you been great, but I cant keep coming on with good sleeping stories can I?

7:30pm - 7am. Did not wake. Or if she did, I did not hear her. Dp got her up, but could have left her chattering away for a bit.
Nap today - 10:50am - 1:30pm.

What can I say? . Firstly - yey!! Secondly, very sorry for those with awful nights.

I wont say goodbye for now, not just yet, but wont keep telling you my great news (might have jinxed it anway eh?!)

ginger, 4 hours is definitely do-able, lets hope for some more of those nights.
pav - and to you!
tam - what the heck is body pump? i'm more of a body flump myself

And currently she is crawling around and bashing my car keys against everything to see what sound it makes!!!
Tibsy - I know, I know, she is having a growth spurt as she is eating lots and lots and lots, but we are hoping its a routine change as well as needing more sleep due to growing...[hmm[ here is hoping!!

pavlov you can stay, at least you give us hope! how old is LO now? sorry, i can't keep track of everyones ...
did you do anythng particular, or did this just come about naturally.

She is 9 mths and 12 days!
Well, she used to sleep well, then we went to USA, teething, ots of travelling around country visiting my mum who was ill. Threw her routine out and was feeding 1.5 hourly during the night. I tried PU/PD which worked wonderfully, then she started to get a bit frustrated that I was in the room and one night she would settle so I left the room for a break, she was asleep within 10 mins! So now, I put her down to bed at 7:20pm or so, say goodnight, tuck her blanket around her (does not stay there but she likes it), kiss her, teddies kiss her, and put her 'twinkles' on. Shh for a few mins, then leave her, always cries but not distressed. She now goes to sleep within 10-15 mins max. If she wakes up I dont go in for 10 mins and if she really wants me or DP we do PU/PD for 10 mins then leave the room. Almost always works now and if it does not I presume she is hungry and BF her! She has not figured that bit out luckily!!

Night time - I have to say tho, that we have given her a good structure, but the rest was her, she was ready, I think, if she was not, we could try CC, PU/PD or other methods for ages and it would not work, for her at least. She was ready I think, for now, to do it, and she now knows she is tired, and wants sleep and we just provide the routine for her. Does that make sense?
Day time naps - a mystery - I think she is eating lots?