I just need to vent

I think you also have to bear in mind that people cope with lack of sleep differently and some people cannot cope at all or the situation has got totally out of control (usually due to lack of support of the new mommy). Not the I advocate cry-it-out or medicating, just that I've been in many situations with super stressed parents who think they have no other options or cannot think straight.

Here is the link

www.facebook.com/mommaliciousmammas#!/mo...osts/133083723390978

RM - I bought Baby Sense, Sleep Sense etc while I was preggies and thought yip we are going to do that.

When Jade was about 6 months old popped her in cot in her room and did the "sleep training" thing coming back after 5 minutes etc etc but it just felt wrong letting my baby cry and wriggle like that all on little ownsome. I'm her mamma and she needed me. So I put her on our bed and she fell asleep, happy and not wondering where is my mom?

So many people tell me what a happy well adjusted social, confident little girl I have and I really think that is why.

i understand being tiered and being totally and utterly exhausted there is such a difference and babies surely dont know themselves why the cry and dont sleep, its not like a child/toddler who can speak or show u whats wrong with them

why medicate the child to sleep?? there clearly is a problem and to me then u might as well give the child a nice strong drink to sleep, i mean who does that??

a tip i saw on super nanny, obv this is with older kids, toddlers to be precise...

get child in bed - read story
kiss goodnight and walk out

if the child comes out of room to get u, take child back and speak once and say NO ITS BED TIME

if the child gets out the 3rd time, u dont talk, u just take them back to bed. and so u carry on even if it takes 2hours WITHOUT talking to the child

and believe me, i know not all the same thing happens to the same families but this particualr family had 4kids under the ages of 5 and one was also down syndrom and they all tried testing the water, the mother stuck to her guns and a week later - walaa kids sleeping in their own rooms.

I have seen both sides of this tale - when my LB was little, he would need constant attention to sleep. Then one day we decided "enough is enough", and 1 week later he was sleeping through until 3am.
Then at 13 months I decided that was enough, too, and cut out his 3am "boobie call" and now he sleeps from 7am-7pm. And no it wasn't easy or pleasant and you feel like a shitty person, but at the end of the day, everyone is now happy.
But I do understand that in that moment it seems like nothing will work and life will be like this (misery) forever! But I would also not advise medicating your child just to get a good night's rest. Rather medicate your dang self and let someone else help with the baby for a night!

mmm...at least you started taking your erex (mine is still next to the toothpaste in the toiletry box in my cupboard)...I am still worried I might get some weird reaction where the erex logo apears like tattoos all over my body in the middle of a bussiness meeting.

Yeah, I know, I have some issues.