We are having issues sleeping. By "we" I mean bobo. By "issues" I mean he won't. We are hopeful that it might just be a phase he's going through, but who knows. If he'd just hurry up and really pick up language, he could tell us what is going on. He is consistently waking up several times a night for what appears to us to be no good reason. I've had family and others tell me that you just need to let him cry it out and that he needs to learn to put himself to sleep, and while I understand that logically, when he is cracking glass with his screams, it is harder to put into practice. Last night, Lisa and I were discussing this and she mentioned that she thinks we should try the Ferber Method. When she said this, my immediate thought was, "wow, Lisa's family has a method for putting kids to sleep!" (Lisa's maiden name is Faerber.) It was only later after she had employed the "family" method the first time that my eyes were opened to the true meaning and origins of the Ferber Method. We had a good laugh at my expense, which is not an uncommon occurrence in the Packer home. So how do you get your kids to realize that good grief, take advantage of all of the sleep time now, because it is just downhill from here?!
Oh, and he has to get glasses.
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we have these great, honest (aka no tact) neighbors and at some point we were talking about how annie had finally been sleeping better after not sleeping at all for a long, long time. The girl neighbor said, "Yeah, I remember those days. You always looked really bad." Thanks.
In other words, it's not your fault, and even the worst of them grow out of it. for now, endure, endure, endure. welcome to the club of survivors. :)
I swear by the book, "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Marc Weissbluth. I think it might be similar to the Farber Method, but I'm not sure. Crying will be involved. But having done it, and survived it for a week, I'd recommend it over and over. Omar started sleeping 12-14 hours a night and we both returned from zombie-land. Grace also sleeps 12 hours a night.
Little Buddy, you and Lisa will all be happier if you get him sleep trained. We sure were.
Also, you're a Fredbeak. :)
I hear ya, our stink monkey that is one still isn't sleeping through the night and I'm beyond over it. It's too cold or her teeth hurt or she has gas or her nose is plugged up or she sat up and doesn't know how to lay down or you name it. We did some of the let them cry (for 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes with comforting inbetween) with the others but for various reasons, that's not working this go around. Buena Suerte!
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