Comments on: Sleep (or lack thereof…) http://slackermama.com/2007/03/13/sleep-or-lack-thereof/ making little kids cry since 1999 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:11:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Marilyn http://slackermama.com/2007/03/13/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7066 Marilyn Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:15:43 +0000 http://lilacpixels.com/slackermama/03/13/2007/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7066 <em>Nancy</em> - why does it take SO LONG to recover from those bad nights? It'd be something if we could make up sleep on the weekends but that's always less than successful. Bah. <em>Lisa</em> - Yeah, that doesn't really comfort me all that much. :lol But at least that's something else we can try should the moving to the crib thing not work out in the long run. Nancy - why does it take SO LONG to recover from those bad nights? It’d be something if we could make up sleep on the weekends but that’s always less than successful. Bah.

Lisa - Yeah, that doesn’t really comfort me all that much. :lol But at least that’s something else we can try should the moving to the crib thing not work out in the long run.

]]> By: Lisa http://slackermama.com/2007/03/13/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7063 Lisa Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:13:36 +0000 http://lilacpixels.com/slackermama/03/13/2007/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7063 We were in just about the same boat. Except that I was the one snuggling her. She would NOT do the crib. I gave up in hopes of sleeping. The only thing that worked was to put a mattress on the floor (no feeling of "evil crib!!") and lay down with or next to her. We just gave up on the crib. (Dh is not pleased with the money we wasted on the crib!) Then about a month ago, I transitioned her to a toddeler bed. That went amazingly well. I can sit next to her in her bed and that's not so different from sitting next to her on the mattress. Plus she gets the joy of jumping up on her bed. I still spend at least 1/2 and hour sitting with her every night and I do sleep with her for the last few hours every night, but it's always getting better. I have hopes she'll sleep alone all night soon :) And by now, I don't mind so much. Anyway. Sleep issues suck! I wish you the best of luck! We were in just about the same boat. Except that I was the one snuggling her. She would NOT do the crib. I gave up in hopes of sleeping. The only thing that worked was to put a mattress on the floor (no feeling of “evil crib!!”) and lay down with or next to her. We just gave up on the crib. (Dh is not pleased with the money we wasted on the crib!) Then about a month ago, I transitioned her to a toddeler bed. That went amazingly well. I can sit next to her in her bed and that’s not so different from sitting next to her on the mattress. Plus she gets the joy of jumping up on her bed. I still spend at least 1/2 and hour sitting with her every night and I do sleep with her for the last few hours every night, but it’s always getting better. I have hopes she’ll sleep alone all night soon :) And by now, I don’t mind so much.

Anyway. Sleep issues suck! I wish you the best of luck!

]]> By: Nancy http://slackermama.com/2007/03/13/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7061 Nancy Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:09:37 +0000 http://lilacpixels.com/slackermama/03/13/2007/sleep-or-lack-thereof/#comment-7061 Ugh, sleep issues are so frustrating. I'm one that doesn't do well without enough sleep either, and if one of my kids has a bad night I suffer all week. Good luck -- I hope you make progress soon. Ugh, sleep issues are so frustrating. I’m one that doesn’t do well without enough sleep either, and if one of my kids has a bad night I suffer all week. Good luck — I hope you make progress soon.

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