Bedtime routines
Will my baby ever sleep through the night? I am almost at the point of buying the Sleep Sense program just to see if it works, but the perverse independent streak that runs/ruins my life has me going it alone still. I decided that enough is enough of this nursing to sleep. Yes I believe in extended breastfeeding, but a nearly 16-month-young baby does NOT need to suck herself to sleep. So for the past two nights, I bath, then feed, then put her in her bed, then read a story, then sing her song, then do pick-up-put-down until she sleeps. Last night was terrible – screams and tears and nearly two hours of struggle until her father finally took up the reins got her to sleep, exhausted. I hate that sort of thing. My poor little baby has no need for such emotion and stress.
But tonight, lo and behold, the whole thing went much more smoothly and after only an hour (!) of gentle coaxing, she drifted off softly and sweetly to snooze. Please, please, let her sleep all night…
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