Hi ladies,
We have bought a 'grow your own veg set' which we will be planting soon. Last years didn't work except for the peas!
Ashley, I hate it when people do that. You just want some support.
How are everyone's little ones?
We moved Darcy into her own room just over a week ago. When she was in our room in her Moses basket she used to sleep right through the night for a good couple of months. Since moving she only slept through once, the worst night I had to go in 8 times to put her soother back in. She is also a rubbish napper. Exhausted!
The next morning I messaged my oh's sister as she has a 10 month old who she has sleep trained and taken the soother away from. She did a lot of research so she was perfect to ask. So she has given me a technique to use which is AMAZING! Admittedly it's only the 3rd day but we saw results the first day.
For every nap and bedtime turn the telly off, read the same book, place baby in the cot and sing the same song every time (do not use this song any other time of the day), no making eye contact, give a little belly rub too, if baby cries sing the song until crying has finished, kiss goodnight and leave the room. If baby cries, time 3 minutes, if they are still crying, go in and sing the song until they stop crying, leave the room and repeat if you need to. We started this for the first nap of the morning the other day and she settled straight away, the next nap I had to go in 4 times then 2. However, that night she slept straight away for....10 hours straight!!!!! The next day I only had to go back in to sing to her twice for one nap. She went to sleep that night straight away but did wake up once at 4:30 but settled after me singing the song once. She woke at 7:30 but settled herself until 8:30.
This is all without her soother which I took away that first day of using this technique, she was so dependent on it which is why I am so amazed. She has taken to sucking her thumb which I don't mind at all. The song I have chosen is Mamas gonna buy you a mockingbird.
Anyway, sorry for the long post but I am just so happy that I've had a couple of decent sleeps!