tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post7395181643453532025..comments2024-02-29T11:25:52.190+02:00Comments on MomAgain@40: Cuddle at bedtime or cry-it-out babiesKaren du Toithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17962536496240863886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-38046024175231731142010-08-17T20:11:25.067+02:002010-08-17T20:11:25.067+02:00I can't remember what it was like to struggle ...I can't remember what it was like to struggle with my children at sleeptime...but I do know that now I lie down with my grandbabies until they sleep...I love it:)Lynette Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008748483680810943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-41528919922623635982010-08-17T17:53:17.898+02:002010-08-17T17:53:17.898+02:00We did not use the cry it out method either. It d...We did not use the cry it out method either. It did not make sense. Babies need to be attended to when they cry. Since they were small little babies we had a bedtime routine with the girls - bathing, singing lullabies, reading, listening to soft music before it is bedtime. Also bedtime is at a set time in our house (8:30PM). My kids today are very good about going to bed and I think it is because we had this routine and set time since the very beginning. They might be lying in bed talking and making jokes for like twenty minutes, but they stay in bed and after about twenty minutes they are fast asleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-47771693653816097002010-08-17T14:47:46.351+02:002010-08-17T14:47:46.351+02:00Take it from one with experience in both the '...Take it from one with experience in both the 'cruel' and 'softer' methods of sleep training... it doesn't work for everyone and i am now just accepting of the fact that my girl just doesn't need alot of sleep to begin with and I am just happy to share these precious moments with her while they last. So you go girl, Mieka looks happy and thats all that counts :)tasneemhttp://mumdrum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-22957356084929764662010-08-17T13:41:13.953+02:002010-08-17T13:41:13.953+02:00Good on you for doing it your way. Everything you ...Good on you for doing it your way. Everything you said made perfect sense to me. I don't think there should be rules anyway, or judgements. We all have to do what is right for us as parents. Your baby looks like one happy girl, whatever you are doing it's working! xBeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223830744313086743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-9858061598597823932010-08-17T13:05:20.520+02:002010-08-17T13:05:20.520+02:00I have never managed to do the cry out thing - it ...I have never managed to do the cry out thing - it did not work for us. But I do believe in kinder forms of sleep training - did it last year and worked so well. Where you sit next to them, pat, pat, and move further away all the time.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410985627936537274.post-90834932045297750252010-08-17T11:34:32.220+02:002010-08-17T11:34:32.220+02:00I am a cuddle to settle mum and have been with all...I am a cuddle to settle mum and have been with all 3. I was lucky that they all 'slept throught the night' at about 12 weeks but all of them would wake somewhere between 3 or 4 ish in the morning. Then I would cuddle back to sleep for all our sakes. So much quicker to get them back to sleep and the rest of the household. <br /><br />As the last 2 were breastfed (unfortunately didnt have the confidence with the first) they naturally fell asleep latched on so it was what they were used to. So when they did become restless to settle to sleep I could not see the 'let them cry' system working as it is the complete opposite. <br /><br />carolCarol https://www.blogger.com/profile/14000600761469156146noreply@blogger.com