Last few nights I've been having panic attacks. Isaac doesn't know how to settle himself to sleep and its really causing problems for the whole family. I'm exhausted, Ben and I are fighting, Ben's exhausted. Isaac is getting too heavy to rock to sleep for an hour or more every night - only to wake an hour later.
So today our health visitor came round. She was a big help and after talking to Ben we now have a plan. Its kinda a combination of her suggestions and the no cry sleep solution (book by Elizabeth Pantley). The health visitor said the main thing is to put Isaac down awake. I am not really ready for the screaming that would ensue from that - even with us beside him, ssshhhing and stroking his tummy. So we are adding in another step - taken from the no cry sleep solution, where you transfer a falling asleep baby to his cot and continue rocking gently and cuddling for a couple of minutes until he is settled. We are going to try this, as a team, until Ben's long weekend a week on Friday. Note how long it takes today, and then again in a week or so. If we don't see any improvement then we'll move to the health visitors plan when we've 4 work free days and nights to try and get the worst bit over.
So, I'm going to be a strong Mum and do what my baby boy needs me to do so he can learn how to sleep - just like he'll need me to help him to learn how to crawl, walk, eat and all the other amazing things he's gonna do.
Wish me luck, pray for me and I'll let u know how we get on. X
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