Yesterday was a great day, I had two long time desires fulfilled. One clearly a daily desire for more sleep and the other satisfies my passion for great tastes.
First of all, Luke finally learned to fall asleep on his own...can I say that again! Luke knows how to fall asleep on his own! Sound the trumpets! Praise the Lord! Thank you all for your prayers! Noah learned to fall asleep on his own after using the Ferber method at 4 months. It was the best thing we could have done at the time! I was desperate for more than 1 hour on sleep in a 24 hour period! He was such a bad sleeper (waking every 15 minutes at times because he had a few drops of pee in his diaper) that I forgot how to sleep also and was unable. Both our bodies were trained to be up all night. But after 4 months, I finally got more than one hour in 24 hours. I was thrilled and was slowly becoming sane again.
Luke was a better sleeper from the start sleeping 2 to 3 hours at a time but up until now (almost 7 months old) he still likes to eat almost every 3 hours even though he can go 4 hours during the day. But, praise the Lord, we did a little of the Ferber method (not the first time we tried with him) on him and he learned SOOOOOO FAST! I went in every minute or so and it only lasted 20 minutes or less! We tried a few no cry methods and when it gets down to it, they just have to cry and learn they need to soothe themselves. I think he has had a little trouble learning because he has nursed to sleep so often and also for the fact that he started getting teeth at 3 months. But, he is getting his 5th and 6th tooth right now...so who knows? Every kid is different and on their own time schedule!!!
I actually didn't get any more sleep the last couple nights because he decided to drop his 11 o'clock nursing session (not his 2 or 3am) and wakes up much earlier...but it is a start! One day good sleep will happen...and could now if I went to bed at 8pm? Not sure I would be able to fall asleep that early? And when would I get any time with my husband? Time to do anything without 1 or 2 children needing my attention?
Now that he falls to sleep on his own I am able to put him in his crib without a huge wiggling fight while my 2 year old pops in at just the right time to mes up the 'falling asleep' we worked so hard for. Do you know how much time that adds to my day and night especially? Nice! It helps at night when he wakes up because he doesn't need me to wake up, get out of bed, and rock him or nurse him back to sleep! Everyone wakes up on their own many times at night and we all have to know how to fall asleep on our own again. We often don't even realize it! It is a very important skill to learn!
Second, I found a pumpkin bread/muffin recipe! I know, it is not quite life changing as my first desire but you should try them! Yum! I have literally tried 7 or 8 recipes over the last year. They were all eatable but this one tops them all! I love baking with anything that has a combo of pumpkin pie spice, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, or any of the like! Yum! I am currently baking sugar and spice almonds like you get at the fair! Can I say Yum again? I cannot wait to try them!
Yes it was a great day even without mentioning all the other things!
First of all, Luke finally learned to fall asleep on his own...can I say that again! Luke knows how to fall asleep on his own! Sound the trumpets! Praise the Lord! Thank you all for your prayers! Noah learned to fall asleep on his own after using the Ferber method at 4 months. It was the best thing we could have done at the time! I was desperate for more than 1 hour on sleep in a 24 hour period! He was such a bad sleeper (waking every 15 minutes at times because he had a few drops of pee in his diaper) that I forgot how to sleep also and was unable. Both our bodies were trained to be up all night. But after 4 months, I finally got more than one hour in 24 hours. I was thrilled and was slowly becoming sane again.
Luke was a better sleeper from the start sleeping 2 to 3 hours at a time but up until now (almost 7 months old) he still likes to eat almost every 3 hours even though he can go 4 hours during the day. But, praise the Lord, we did a little of the Ferber method (not the first time we tried with him) on him and he learned SOOOOOO FAST! I went in every minute or so and it only lasted 20 minutes or less! We tried a few no cry methods and when it gets down to it, they just have to cry and learn they need to soothe themselves. I think he has had a little trouble learning because he has nursed to sleep so often and also for the fact that he started getting teeth at 3 months. But, he is getting his 5th and 6th tooth right now...so who knows? Every kid is different and on their own time schedule!!!
I actually didn't get any more sleep the last couple nights because he decided to drop his 11 o'clock nursing session (not his 2 or 3am) and wakes up much earlier...but it is a start! One day good sleep will happen...and could now if I went to bed at 8pm? Not sure I would be able to fall asleep that early? And when would I get any time with my husband? Time to do anything without 1 or 2 children needing my attention?
Now that he falls to sleep on his own I am able to put him in his crib without a huge wiggling fight while my 2 year old pops in at just the right time to mes up the 'falling asleep' we worked so hard for. Do you know how much time that adds to my day and night especially? Nice! It helps at night when he wakes up because he doesn't need me to wake up, get out of bed, and rock him or nurse him back to sleep! Everyone wakes up on their own many times at night and we all have to know how to fall asleep on our own again. We often don't even realize it! It is a very important skill to learn!
Second, I found a pumpkin bread/muffin recipe! I know, it is not quite life changing as my first desire but you should try them! Yum! I have literally tried 7 or 8 recipes over the last year. They were all eatable but this one tops them all! I love baking with anything that has a combo of pumpkin pie spice, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, or any of the like! Yum! I am currently baking sugar and spice almonds like you get at the fair! Can I say Yum again? I cannot wait to try them!
Yes it was a great day even without mentioning all the other things!
3 comments:
What is the Ferber method?
Margie, you can google it and get a few good explanations but it is close to the cry-it-out method. True Cry-it-out is where you leave the baby to cry and do not go in and comfort them at all. I don't think that is right. The Ferber method has the baby cry for a predetermined amount of time and then you go comfort them. With Noah and Luke I did this by allowing them to cry for 1 minute for several times, then increased to 2 minutes and on. This allow the baby to know you are there instead of going from comforting them and then all the sudden being non-existent with the cry-it-out method. They learn you are there for them but also know that they have to learn to soothe themselves. I tried several no-cry methods and ultimately those didn't work. The baby just has to cry in the end and realize they have to learn how to fall asleep on their own. I think it is healthy for the baby, the parents, and other kids in the household. It is a useful skill everyone has to learn. Some co-sleep, nurse to sleep and other things but that doesn't teach them this skill, does not give adequate sleep for Mom who is constantly putting a baby back to sleep when they naturally wake up at night, and doesn't allow any time with your spouse.
There are many ways to comfort them...I picked both my boys up in order to get them to stop crying. Some pat and say not to pick them up. That never comforted either of my boys and doesn't allow for them to burp if they need to. I never knew how many burps they needed after eating...one, three??? HOpe that helps. I did a lot of research and was not sure how to do it with Luke after it went so easily with Noah at 4 months. But, finally Luke learned very easily at 6 1/2 months.
Thanks for sharing. Appreciate how you worded and will look in to.
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