That darn S word!

Sleep, sleep, sleep. You seem to say that word a lot when you're a mom. Either talking about how your child is with it, what you're doing about it or how you need more of it. But I have some good news...for me anyway. And lots of sympathy for those who can't share in my joy.


My 6 month old baby boy is now sleeping 10 to 11 hours consistently at night without so much as a peep!!!! To say I am chuffed is an understatement. I was seriously beginning to wonder how I was going to survive. I guess we got to a place of sheer desperation. We were tired and not functioning well. My awesome friend and sister, Sammy, said that I need to be a little harder. Her words were a bit different to that but that's how we'll phrase that one for now.




I tried being hard with Benjamin and it did not work. I remember pacing up and down outside his room for hours while he screamed at night - for 2 nightmarish weeks! Trained experts said it should take 3 to 5 nights. They don't know Benjamin. And a month or so later, he reverted back to waking...so what WAS the point?


So anyway, we moved our bed into the lounge (we have a very small 2 bedroom unit) so we'd at least have wall between us and the crying. We began praying in his room before he went to sleep and praying together once he was asleep. After 4 nights his crying was down to about 10 minutes. By night 5 he slept 10 or 11 hours solid and so it has continued.



Day time is not so great and often he only has two cat naps. But that's ok! I am not complaining. I am more than not complaining: I am thankful. Grateful. Getting at least 6 solid hours of sleep every night is just I had hoped for. I am a new woman. Yeah!