Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sleep Help

My 8 month old baby has been wonderful at night. At first she was getting up only twice at night and when I tried to reduce the nursing at night she nearly started sleeping through the night. It's the best time with her - she cries all day if she's not held. As a result, She cries A LOT. :)

So the last two weeks or so she has decided that she no longer wants to sleep so well. She's up 4-5 times a night and will not go back to sleep unless I nurse her. I could let her scream but she shares a room with the two year old who is difficult to get back to sleep.

We have discussed moving the two year old in the room with the two boys while we scream the sleeplessness out of her.........or putting the baby in bed with us which I am soooooooo against although she pretty much sleeps through the night this way. In the past with our babies, we have used what I call the "screaming method" and it has worked and I think would work in a hurry with this one but the sleeping arrangements are not so conducive to this any longer.

Suggestions? Words of wisdom or encouragement?

Tiffany
PS- LuAnn- how ya feeling?

Puzzles

I discovered this week a true gift from Heavenly Father for parents: Puzzles! I can't count the hours the kids have spent this week on puzzles. They enjoy them so much I had to go and spend a small fortune on more. Bliss. Almost no movies this week. *sigh* It was wonderful.