tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post436898914229521439..comments2024-03-27T19:04:31.290-05:00Comments on The Amazing Trips: live blogging: sleep school day 3 / wrap upThe Amazing Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13761348688069779544noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-67404664061155532082008-02-24T14:51:00.000-06:002008-02-24T14:51:00.000-06:00i like you and enjoy reading your blog. i have bee...i like you and enjoy reading your blog. i have been fighting with my five month old triplets over afternoon napping for a month now. it is nice to know by reading your blog that it will get easier. i made the mistake of letting them "nap" in their swings the first four months. what was i thinking? clearly i wasn't. now they are awful nappers. i read three or four sleep books before they got here, yet still made this huge mistake in not putting them down for naps. isn't it amazing how it's hard to see things clearly when you are right in the middle of them (and sleep deprived)?<BR/><BR/>i love reading the emotional reactions women have to letting babies cry it out. i agree with you 100% about babies needing to self-sooth. i believe that if you know your babies and listen to them you can tell what their cries mean and then decide how to respond. i want to raise confident and competent children, and i think self-soothing is one of the first steps in this journey. <BR/><BR/>at any rate, i agree with so much of what you say. i think you are doing a great job and are a wonderful mother. thanks for sharing your struggles and successes.a gracious plentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509320249817852620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-61932057342946853222008-02-24T13:56:00.000-06:002008-02-24T13:56:00.000-06:00I think you are doing fabulous. Do you need some m...I think you are doing fabulous. Do you need some more chocolate?Joy Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746570281283136391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-77297919128487931532008-02-24T12:52:00.000-06:002008-02-24T12:52:00.000-06:00My kids still wake up around 6am. I don't, but it...My kids still wake up around 6am. I don't, but its OK. They are 9 and almost 12 - they get up and amuse themselves until I get up around 8 (weekends and holidays). When they were toddlers sometimes they slept in more, but not now. I firmly believe that they are just morning people, like my DH. I'm NOT. The benefit is that they are easy to wake up for school.owlfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864203297228110988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-57486991059444016922008-02-24T12:24:00.000-06:002008-02-24T12:24:00.000-06:00you are my hero!you are my hero!the planet of janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444337511603560544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-84042242799066471122008-02-24T10:54:00.000-06:002008-02-24T10:54:00.000-06:00You Are Amazing!But please... don't forget that yo...You Are Amazing!<BR/><BR/>But please... don't forget that you deserve the lovely luxury of a shower, too!Torrence Camarodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506363651881877037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-63149741112016947742008-02-24T10:41:00.000-06:002008-02-24T10:41:00.000-06:00You are going to wear yourself out and get sick, J...You are going to wear yourself out and get sick, Jen! When is Charlie coming back anyway?<BR/><BR/>Okay, here's the pattern I see emerging. If Henry gets back down within 2 hours, he barely fusses and he then sleeps right through his sleep cycles. If he doesn't get down within 2 hours, he fusses and then wakes up during his sleep cycles. Are you noticing this too? Because you really haven't gotten him down for any of his afternoon naps on time. <BR/><BR/>Geez, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY???? :) I think in a lot of ways, having Austin so close to the other kids made it easier for me to keep him on schedule. We didn't run around as much back then as we do now. If I had a newborn right now, I would be very hard-pressed to keep that child on any type of sleep schedule in the mornings. I see these women with their little babies at the Community Center EVERY SINGLE DAY and their babies are never sleeping in the mornings. And they never cry either. It's crazy. I don't know how they do it! <BR/><BR/>So I think that Henry CAN self-soothe. That's evident because he CAN go to sleep on his own and he CAN get through his sleep cycles, unless he's overtired and overstimulated. So I know I'm not as hardcore on the self-soothing, because if I knew that I got him down too late, I would help him get to the next sleep cycle just to catch up the day so the next sleep time went better. <BR/><BR/>But I'm a little OCD about sleep. So just ignore me. You are doing a great job and the fact you are alone makes it even better!Michele Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15061520456909635254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-57785145170051932042008-02-24T09:51:00.000-06:002008-02-24T09:51:00.000-06:00In defense of those parents shopping late with the...In defense of those parents shopping late with their children... I have a night owl. We're all night owls, so she probably picks up on my rhythms and when I'm more ready to start the day. We're all perfectly happy with the baby going to sleep by 10 and waking up around 9:30, or 7 on an early awakening day. <BR/><BR/>A shopping cart ride calms her when she needs to wind down, and there was a time when we'd run off to a nearby 24-hour store at a late hour because she wasn't ready to sleep but was getting fussy. Now we rock instead of coast in a cart. I honestly was clueless about sleep cues and sleep needs until relatively recently, when I got the No-Cry Sleep Solution. It's important to note that the toddler version does allow for crying, and many parents do allow crying in the process, but it's not wailing until the child wears him or herself out. CIO does not work for our family, for several reasons.<BR/><BR/>I've always been amazed reading about kids going to sleep at 6:30. That's around the time my DD will take a catnap. I've learned not to try to put her in her bed for that nap, because she's not ready to sleep for the night. When she gets a good nap (or we attempt to put her to sleep for the night), she wakes up refreshed and ready to play til 11 or 12 at night. Our schedule really isn't that different from Henry's, just pushed back about 2 hours.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420390658717931993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-28897244401120880552008-02-24T09:19:00.000-06:002008-02-24T09:19:00.000-06:00I commend your sleep training efforts! Awhile back...I commend your sleep training efforts! Awhile back I *suggested* to my hubby that we help our little guy out with his sleep training since he is physically capable of sleeping through several hours. This lasted just a few days after my husband became totally exhausted and impossible to deal with (MEN!). That's my problem...if we had a nursery or other room for our son to sleep in we might could withstand "crying it out" but as it is our son's crib is right next to our bed and there have been times when I've woken up holding him having no idea how he got in my arms. What to do? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, good luck. It sounds like you guys will be sleeping through the night in no time. In the meantime, however, here's to gummy kisses!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-67125325241102743932008-02-24T07:46:00.000-06:002008-02-24T07:46:00.000-06:00Certainly you are not suggesting that the ONLY way...Certainly you are not suggesting that the ONLY way to teach ones child to "self-sooth" is to allow the child to cry it out. Heck, my 14 month old wakes 1 time/night (when healthy) due to reverse cycling when I went back to work full-time. Yet, he naps and sleeps well, which he learned without CIO (using my own situation as an example). I could take away that 1 nursing, but he gets all of his milk from 5pm-7am, so one night nurse is necessary (7pm bed time). Anyway, point is, if you don't want to listen to your child cry, in some cases you don't have to. Oh, and we didn't use a lovie or pacifier to get it to happen.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783085707283000645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-87130053641701132602008-02-24T06:47:00.000-06:002008-02-24T06:47:00.000-06:00yes, that is a LOT going on! I like what you are...yes, that is a LOT going on! <BR/><BR/>I like what you are doing with Henry. It is gentle and seems to be working already. <BR/><BR/>Love the live blogging too:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-49912392936532768892008-02-24T06:26:00.000-06:002008-02-24T06:26:00.000-06:00Nose blowing! I have a technique!! Totally and com...Nose blowing! I have a technique!! Totally and completely disgusting, but it works. The peed I nannied for way back when taught her year-old son by using candles. When your kids are less snoggy, have them try blowing out candles using their noses. <BR/><BR/>With three of them giving it a go, I'd probably suggest a rain coat as well. And maybe no candles on their next cake....JUST in case.Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043794251110130868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-29463959825614319252008-02-24T06:21:00.000-06:002008-02-24T06:21:00.000-06:00Hi Jen,I think I told you before that we have a di...Hi Jen,<BR/><BR/>I think I told you before that we have a different philosophy on sleep - but I'm starting to reconsider that opinion! One of my pet hates is teething being blamed for everything. I hate it, because it gets parents off the hook for looking for the REAL problem. And more often than not, it is because the kids are overtired.<BR/><BR/>I am one of those families that you see with a kid up at 8.30pm, but that is because I own one of those kids that is TRULY unable to sleep before that time. What can I say, but after two years of the sleep routine, NOTHING would make that fact change. But, I can't stand people who ignore the tired signs in their kids and torture those poor children by not letting them get to sleep. Occasionally is okay - kids have to learn to be a bit flexible, so that they can cope with those rare occasions that it is necessary to blow their schedule. But, I too see badly behaved, unhappy kids who just need a good nights sleep.<BR/><BR/>And now I will step down off my soapbox.<BR/><BR/>P.S. No shower for two days? There's been a funny smell down here in Melbourne today - now I know it was you Jen! (Tee hee!!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-80387827217201521192008-02-24T02:21:00.000-06:002008-02-24T02:21:00.000-06:00Wow! I think you have done awesomely well. For w...Wow! I think you have done awesomely well. For what it is worth I have been working on sleeping patterns with Alex lately as well. If I am lucky I can get him to sleep by about 7:30pm but usually it is 8:30 and sometimes even later (when he is fighting it and refuses to give in no matter what we try). But he does sleep right through until around 7am every night. Sometimes he is up earlier and sometimes he sleeps in until 9am. During the night he wakes several times but it is just a fussy type of waking, and within 40 seconds he is asleep again. <BR/><BR/>I can't believe you actually got to put washing away. I am seriously considering buying more washing baskets as my 4 are full! lolBugsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858450584684501269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24756113.post-18369481618734287502008-02-24T01:21:00.000-06:002008-02-24T01:21:00.000-06:00ahhh... showers are overrated!ahhh... showers are overrated!Geologychickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05326271846932273163noreply@blogger.com