Comments on: Se7en Thoughts About Babies and Sleep…

By: Se7en Survives Sleep Deprivation… » se7en

Se7en Survives Sleep Deprivation… » se7en — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:54 +0000

[...] have written about babies and sleep before but I thought it was time to write about mom’s and sleep or rather their lack of it!!! The [...]

By: se7en

se7en — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:16:06 +0000

Hi M, I can’t believe you missed it!!! I kept reading your pleas for some savvy sleep tips and I finally could not put off writing about sleep any longer!!! Turns out I have really no advice but a heap of experience… I can’t tell you how to do it, I can only tell you what has worked for us. I am sorry you have been so miserable without sleep!!! It will pass and your sweet babies will get better at it, but it may take a while!!! Hope you have a good week!!!

By: Marcia Francois

Marcia Francois — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:59:03 +0000

Loved this post – how did I miss it? I guess I was sleep deprived

Um no, I am DEFINITELY not getting the sleep I did before babies.

But those times in the middle of the night are precious, aren’t they?

Thanks for challenging my attitude – I’ve been thinking a lot about redefining success as a mother because, as you can guess, it was totally on the “but my babies aren’t sleeping through” and not on the fact that they really are GORGEOUS, healthy and HAPPY babies.

By: se7en

se7en — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:56:30 +0000

HI B, Thanks for stopping by!!! I am so with you I love meeting my kids needs, especially when they are supposed to be old enough to be “independent” (whatever that is!!!) And I still have one or two who like their chubby little hands held while they drop off to sleep!!! And one little guy who just needs a little back scratch please!!! I have proof that they do grow out of it and eventually just go to bed on their own, but no-one believes that when they are in there… Really they are in our lives for such a blink of an eye… – You have a good weekend!!!

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:09:04 +0000

Great post! I am so glad I read many things like this from experienced moms before my only child was born. He’s a great sleeper so long as there’s someone nearby. At first I had to be within 10 feet of him and couldn’t leave more than a few minutes, but the time and distance gradually increased, and now he’s 5 and only needs me or daddy with him as he falls asleep. He can sleep through quite a bit of noise, light, movement, etc. I’m SO glad I knew to accept his needs as normal and didn’t put us through trying to get him to sleep alone in a dark, quiet room!

Taryn, we had the family bed in the kid’s room to prevent disruptions to daddy’s sleep and also “keep our bed our bed.” It worked for us!

By: se7en

se7en — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:07:01 +0000

Hay T, Nice to hear from you again!!! Yea different folks do things so differently. I had to read hundreds of ideas before I figured out how to go about it and what worked well for us!!! You all have a good week!

By: Taryn

Taryn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:47:58 +0000

hey – I can completely identify with the “what-on-earth-was-I-thinking-changing-the-nappy-every-feed-time-at-night?!” thing – it took me a while before I figured that NOT changing #1′s nappy at night was actually a GOOD Thing! But I can’t even come close to identifying with the “being-up-at-night-is-great” concept. Sleep deprivation really REALLY is no fun. And that would be my hubby too if baby was in our room – he is such a light sleeper that middle of the night feeds keep him awake, even if I didn’t even wake up to pop the vaguely niggling baba on the breast. So, while I loved snuggling with my babies in my bed at night for the few weeks that I did do it, and completely get the idea of sleeping and feeding and how they merge together when things are going smoothly, I also value sleeping in the same bed as hubby and his desire for our bed to be our bed. Different strokes, I guess I’m impressed with the daddies that embrace (or even just cope with!) the family bed. But, I completely get the cot thing too. We’ve done both here – pros and cons both ways

By: se7en

se7en — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:36:32 +0000

Hi S, Tell you the truth my kids tend to go through a spell of sleeping well in the early evening till about nine or ten months and then suddenly we have a little night visitor sitting on the couch with us… for a week or two, and then sleeps well again, and then up again… We just go with flow and let them sit on the couch – they are no trouble just kind of spacey and we are really boring – no toys, no books come out we are sort of spacey ourselves that time of day. This goes off and on until they finish the whole teething event. And then you think aaahhh sleep issues are over and then they are two and get two year molars and spacey kid is back on the couch for a couple of weeks… Don’t worry about it. EVERYBODY is wakeful sometimes and it doesn’t mean they will never sleep again!!! It’s just life and living!!! Hope you have a great weekend!!!

By: shannon

shannon — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:17:42 +0000

Just stumbled onto your blog and MAN, this post is right on time for us. #2 just turned one and still wakes in the night a few times. I get plenty of sleep anyway, even with the disruptions. But I doubt myself when others say, “What? He STILL wakes during the night? You’ve got to do something!”

So glad to remember that the joy of the Lord is my strength, NOT an uninterrupted night of sleep is my strength!

By: Fabulous Friday Fun – #2 and a GiveAway… | se7en

Fabulous Friday Fun – #2 and a GiveAway… | se7en — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:53:26 +0000

[...] post of the week was all about sleep, you know the question you have all been asking me for the longest time!!! Finally I wrote it [...]