tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post7367451795126487176..comments2024-02-25T01:22:11.384-05:00Comments on Compromised Fertility: SleepLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622876789284884234noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-68763738509076196122014-04-24T10:02:50.233-04:002014-04-24T10:02:50.233-04:00You're doing real well! We have used a sleep ...You're doing real well! We have used a sleep consultant and I can agree with Josey. We were also encouraged to start with keeping our daytime schedule really consistent and this helped night come together better though it is still a work in progress. Sleep with twins is tough work!Sara-Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106264089310972938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-54075928139886758412014-04-24T02:26:35.014-04:002014-04-24T02:26:35.014-04:00Oh the darn sleep! There are so many regressions a...Oh the darn sleep! There are so many regressions and reasons behind the wakings. I agree with a lot of what Josey said. Good advice. We tried to break the night paci's to prevent C waking every time it dropped out of his mouth. Waiting to night feed while cutting dream feed and bedtime gradually earlier is good too. We worked our way backward from 10 pm to 7:30 pm over a couple of months. <br />Also, I have found that Huggies Overnights are awesome. My son pee's a lot and the only time they leak is if he has slept a full 11-12 hours mostly on his stomach. At least try it so you don't have to change them at night.ADSchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972164121690415796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-30970785295121950532014-04-21T20:45:30.355-04:002014-04-21T20:45:30.355-04:00We used an extra soaker at night. I can't reme...We used an extra soaker at night. I can't remember the brand now, but I'm sure we ordered from Amazon. That worked for an entire night (8-10 hours). Now that the kid poops almost every morning before a diaper change and sleeps 10-12 hours, we have simply succumbed to disposables at night. Also the Marc Weissbluth book is very good. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. Don't freak out if you're not "doing it right." None of us is! Good luck! Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589146108622036946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-37562488166878488352014-04-21T16:41:13.338-04:002014-04-21T16:41:13.338-04:00We just started using Mother-Ease Bamboo cloth dia...We just started using Mother-Ease Bamboo cloth diapers at night. It lasts us until our diaper change and feed at 3:00 AM.<br /><br />I am just starting to consider sleep training for our little guy, hoping to start no later than 3 months (so, 5 weeks to go). I really appreciate the link to troublesometots above!dspencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028178955338687090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-86260061954785257422014-04-21T11:20:18.356-04:002014-04-21T11:20:18.356-04:00Oh, and regarding the wet diaper, either (1) chang...Oh, and regarding the wet diaper, either (1) change them before the middle of the night nursing into a fresh diaper, or (2) use disposables at night. Eventually we switched to disposables at night b/c of the wetness issue (10-12 hrs is a LONG time for a cloth diaper) and I don't regret it one bit. :) Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423295019681051881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997674901661163175.post-7439974932754673012014-04-21T11:12:43.149-04:002014-04-21T11:12:43.149-04:00Before you do anything else, check out troublesome...Before you do anything else, check out troublesometots.com -- Alexis has SO MUCH great advice about sleep, and it was eye opening to me how many things I was doing that were sabatoging good sleep for all of us with Stella. <br /><br />Also, around 7.5 months is when shit hit the fan with Stella's sleep and I wrote a bunch about it here: <br />http://mycheapversionoftherapy.com/2012/07/30/sleeping-a-work-in-progress/<br />http://mycheapversionoftherapy.com/2012/09/15/a-sleep-update/<br /><br />Beyond that - here are a few tips, but what works for everyone is different, so maybe take it worth a grain of salt. Just remember that people can get SUPER heated about sleep stuff. Hopefully ppl will stay nice in your comments!<br /><br />1) Get back on a consistent routine at night. Bath/pjs/book/etc. <br />2) Move bedtime earlier, probably closer to 7-7:30. Seems counterintuitive, but the earlier I put my kids to bed, the later (and better) they sleep, and I've head this from a LOT of parents.<br />3) Don't do a dream feed - I'm not saying to not night nurse still if they still need it, but hopefully you can just do one night feeding later in the night if they still need it. Harder for you in some ways, but better if you can just do it once and they are getting a nice, long chunk of sleep before that.<br />4) Let them fuss a bit before you go in. There is a HUGE difference between giving them 5 min to hopefully settle themselves and go back to sleep and doing CIO. If you can help them learn to settle themselves now, you can hopefully avoid doing CIO in the future. I 100% went to Stella too quickly at that age (the first 3 months I responded ASAP - so age adjust that for you girls), but eventually they just know that if they cry, you'll come, and you don't want them to need you patting their butts or replacing a paci of whatever to get back to sleep.<br />5) Consider getting rid of the pacis. http://www.troublesometots.com/how-to-use-and-loose-the-pacifier/<br /><br />Like I said, maybe these tips will work for you, maybe they won't, but if you do nothing else, check out troublesometots!! Good luck. :)<br />Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423295019681051881noreply@blogger.com