tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post3612627511680892717..comments2023-07-09T03:54:03.763-07:00Comments on Life Beside the Creek: Sleeping Tips for the New MomJennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12254905274447187028noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-434149447512752722007-11-05T21:00:00.000-08:002007-11-05T21:00:00.000-08:00I say that 3 months was the "magic" age if you wil...I say that 3 months was the "magic" age if you will, that my kids started waking up happy and sleeping better. Naps and a little more structure in there schedules were definatley possible at that point. I think anything before that is doing your best but you are still in survival mode with sleep. Hang in there Faith! Not much longer to go!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-30109854165113606032007-11-02T15:14:00.000-07:002007-11-02T15:14:00.000-07:00Cole now wakes up happy and is 4 months, I think h...Cole now wakes up happy and is 4 months, I think he has been doing that for almost a month?Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12062633800870866164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-58721086811549961572007-11-02T08:32:00.000-07:002007-11-02T08:32:00.000-07:00Faith, not knowing all the details (and the detail...Faith, not knowing all the details (and the details are usually important), I would say that feeding Luke at 5:30 is not only ok, it is appropriate. Dropping that 5:30 feeding is a process that I don't think is blog-able. But it is phone-conversational :)<BR/><BR/>And extending the nap with a quick binki pop... again, not knowing all the details, that seems like an ok thing to do as well. <BR/><BR/>When do they start waking up happy...ooohhhhh! what a GOOD QUESTION! (One that I don't have an answer to off the top of my head.) Anyone??Jennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254905274447187028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-48158449473396294662007-11-01T22:15:00.000-07:002007-11-01T22:15:00.000-07:00also...I can't remember when babies should wake up...also...I can't remember when babies should wake up happy? That doesn't happen for a while does it? I remember knowing Peyton was ready to get up because she was happy and she wasn't ready to get up when she was crying. That has yet to happen but I'm pretty sure Luke is still too young..just thought I'd see if anyone knew...Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583247164429268258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-15761347476870468692007-11-01T22:13:00.000-07:002007-11-01T22:13:00.000-07:00Thank you for the "sandwich" advice. Luke is almos...Thank you for the "sandwich" advice. Luke is almost 9 weeks old and he still has two tightly rolled blankets on either side of him! My problem now with the crying it out thing (because we did it with Peyton and it payed off in a couple days) is my fear of him waking either Peyton or Bryan, so when he cries at 5:30 in the morning and my poor husband has to get up at 6:30 and I don't want Peyton waking up, it's just easier to feed him for 20 minutes and put him back down. It's just hard also to know if he is really hungry or if he's just fussy sometimes! Ahh! Also, when the kids are both napping at the same time (I love those times) and Luke wakes up crying, my first reaction is to go in and put the bink back in instead of taking the risk of him waking Peyton..I NEED that alone time!!:) I guess I should just order the book..I've heard great things about it. I used Baby Wise with Peyton and it worked great, didn't really work with Luke! Any suggestions Jenne? You are full of knowledge...Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583247164429268258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-66728385089246143132007-11-01T16:09:00.000-07:002007-11-01T16:09:00.000-07:00So I just ordered that book. I never learned enou...So I just ordered that book. I never learned enough tricks, and am hopeing our sleeping situations are better with Cole!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12062633800870866164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037448079954692550.post-66506885929324576272007-11-01T08:27:00.000-07:002007-11-01T08:27:00.000-07:00It's so much easier with the second baby to allow ...It's so much easier with the second baby to allow a little bit of crying in the crib. Already (it's only been two weeks) there have been several times where I put Elsie down and need to do something for Jenna. By the time I go back in for fussing baby Elsie, she is sound asleep. With the first all I could do was sit there and go crazy while she cried. And it was probably all of 30 seconds before I picked her up. Took until she was about a year old before we became a family good at sleeping (although I could go without Jenna's 6:30am wake time!) Anyone have a solution for that?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340099114911335977noreply@blogger.com