Right, rather than post rambling and non-advice-seeking posts on my mum's forum, I have decided to have a diary documenting my attempts to help little baby Z self settle again so that bed-times are easy and night-times are quiet.
I don't know how long she has been consistently waking at night now. It's insidious - it happens one night and I discount it as a one-off and then it happens another night and I have some other explanation - loud dogs, noisy wind - and before I know it, it's been a whole week of night wakings and seems to be a habit.
So - Night 1 of sleep training, Monday 8th of June, 2009
Bedtime
No bath, only took one side when I gave her her evening breast-feed.
Brought her upstairs, put her in the cot, soothed her a little, kissed her head and left the room. Cue crying. Went back in, soothed her a little, kissed her head and left the room. Cue crying. Repeat for a while. Sobs die down when I have left the room. Quiet spaces between crying...is this it? No! Crying escalates. I go back in, stroke her and soothe her 'til she is asleep.
Nighttime
Time spent awake by me in the middle of the night: 45 minutes, approx
Z woke at 4.30am. I went in, determined not to pick her out of the cot. Determination failed within about 20 seconds. I picked her out of the cot, determined not to feed her, she pointed to the door but we didn't leave the room. I held her and sang and patted and sshhed and she fell asleep. Result! Put her back in the cot, still asleep. Crept back to bed triumphant. Snuggled into bed. Z woke up. Went back in. Picked her up. Brought her into our bed. Sang a bit. Determined not to feed her. Fed her. She fell asleep and slept til 6.45. This is good going by recent standards so I count it as a small victory.
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