Baby Sleep Feeding
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trifitmom
said…
i have been so bad..lately i have let them sleep in bed with me and then i stay with them, as soon as they are sleeping i go back downstairs then i just move them - only for them to come back…..no worries, special time that you won't have forever…
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Friday, November 6, 2009 11:49:00 AM EST
Dawn
said…
Well, I can't shake any sense to you because I very happily chose to co-sleep. (Madison is still in our bed 99% of the time although we're gonna be moving her out when we get her room set up again.) But you're not creating a monster. My take on sleep stuff is that you do what keeps you sane and is good for your kids, (which is pretty subjective so is what you believe is good for your kids). If that means infant sleep training, so be it. If that means co-sleeping, so be it. I just don't buy that there's only one right way to do it and that you doom yourself one way or the other to this or that kind of kid. I believe that you feel your way with an eye to what you need and what your kids need and that this is way more flexible than any book will have you believe. So if snuggling with her curls is what's doing it for you guys right now? Awesome! And if you feel like, hey, it's fine but I need to step back, that's fine, too. Listen to your heart, listen to your values and listen to your kids and you'll be making good decisions. 
Friday, November 6, 2009 12:49:00 PM EST
Renee Unplugged -
said…
I agree with trifitmom and dawn.
Do what works for you. My first slept by himself 90% of the time easily. My second really needs the night time comfort of mommy and daddy. They are only small once. Love them and enjoy the closeness…it won't last forever!
Friday, November 6, 2009 1:42:00 PM EST
Rachel
said…
I'm not a mom, but I'm the "baby" of my family. Go ahead, get more of those curls
Friday, November 6, 2009 9:07:00 PM EST
Flying Giggles and Lollipops
said…
Enjoy those moments, they will be the ones you like back on. Who can resist curls?
Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:35:00 AM EST
Amanda
said…
I learned a long time ago that as moms we do what's necessary for survival. If laying in bed with her right now is what works for you and your family, then so be it. I've had 2 kids, and they have 2 totally different personalities. Both of them look at those parenting books and laugh I think as they've always defied all the "rules."
Saturday, November 7, 2009 5:48:00 AM EST
Kim Moldofsky
said…
This almost make me want a little girl.
Saturday, November 7, 2009 8:47:00 PM EST
I know many of you have long-awaited my review on Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Marc Weissbluth. A friend borrowed it, then I was also wanting to get Baby Whisperer posts done…I have since decided I can't wait for that. Thursday will just be review day and I will rotate through different books to review.
On to the review. This is a great book and a great compliment to Babywise. The book discusses the importance of sleep and the science behind how sleep works. It talks about the benefits of sleep and importance of teaching your child to learn to sleep unassisted.
Weissbluth discusses sleeping norms and what to expect from babies of different ages. He also talks about different methods of how to sleep train your baby.
This book is well worth the read, and I would say well worth the investment. The book is definitely incomplete by itself; it is really only about sleep. There are also many things I disagree with in the book, and things I think should have been clarified better. I will, of course, discuss those things in the future. Weissbluth also contradicts himself a whole lot, and the book really isn't organized very well.
The book is a hard read. The first 70 pages are great. Then you slam into information that is frankly irrelevant unless your baby has true colic. Then it gets good again a couple hundred pages later. I really think I could take this book down from about 500 pages to 200 at most and still maintain all necessary information. You also really need to read the entire book before you start implementing things because he makes absolute statements early on that he later retracts for certain age groups.
Despite the flaws of the book, I highly recommend it, especially if you are sleep training. It will give you the courage to continue forward.
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