So Much for Resolutions

I have been trying hard to live up to #7, but damn if #1 doesn't keep getting in the way.   

We've had some setbacks in the sleep department.  I'm demoralized.   It's one thing to let your kid cry when CIO seems to be working, but quite another when it does not.

Comments

[cat]

I'm with you on the sleep setbacks. All of a sudden a toddler who is fighting naptime, is just torture. Let me know if you want to get together at all and commiserate. Misery does love company and it could help with that connection resolution of yours :).

[Summer]

Go ahead and vent to us about the sleep problems. At best, someone out there will have exactly the suggestion that will make a magical difference... and at the least, you'll be doing me the service of reminding me how much harder my life would be if I'd managed to have another baby.

Hang in there. Better days are around the corner.

[cat]

Of course wait... it's our toddler who won't sleep let me clarify that... and your infant. I'm not that sleep deprived yet that I don't have that part straight... I just can't type well. *chuckle*

[Suz]

We are in the same boat. Ty-Baby cried and cried and cried again last night. I don't know what to do anymore.

[4katnap]

Sorry I never could do CIO. So no real help, but great sympathy for the lack of sleep. The good news is that eventualy they do sleep all night.

Kathy

[Paz]

Yeah, if there is not the reward to your child that they are getting much needed sleep, then CIO, even gentle CIO, feels like ... torture for all involved.

But there is something called an extinction burst; when there is regression to previous behaviour, like a last hurrah, before firmly leaving it behind. Maybe this is her EB.

Don't give up.

I need you to not give up because every parent who gets over that hump and lands happily on the other side in sleep land, inspires me that maybe one day it will be me.

[Jill]

My two year old is having night terrors and that on top of a cold makes it impossible for her to sleep through the night.

She used to climb into bed with us sometimes, but she's way too squirmy and our bed is way too small (alright, we're ALSO a little too big!) for that to be an option anymore.

Since I've never been able to do the CIO method (all the power to those who could!), I now occasionally crash on an air mattress in her room at around 4:00 a.m. Can't say I'm in love with this setup, but it's our last resort and it's the only way we can all get some sleep.

Not sure it would have the same impact with an infant? I'm fairly certain plenty of other parents would disapprove of this scenario, but it's working for us!

Hang in there!!!

[Tonya]

I feel for you. The sleep deprivation is always the hardest part for me. I hope you find a workable solution soon.