You're really not selling this parenthood thing very well...Originally Posted by AB
it's been a real shit 13 months mate and we are both exhausted.
I've been living off broken 2 hour sleeps for too long.
We did controlled crying for frigging hours mate to the point he stops breathing and both Leah and I have divorced and nearly murdered each other.
This is our last hope of sleep and sanity
BigRAWesty (30th June 2015), rusty_nail (29th June 2015)
All good Winnie, my 3 never had much of a problem with going to bed. They have their milk, while I read a story, then it's good night see you in the morning, and don't you dare come out or I will beat you senseless (well maybe not the last part...... honest guvna)
Nah it's awesome mate, get on it!!!
Mia was a dream, slept all night!!
They are awesome andy is just soft
AB (29th June 2015)
Yeah its not easy mate but i bet AB wouldn't go back. My eldest was like AB's little boy until she was 4 1/2. Then the second arrived, and a bomb beside her bed wouldn't wake her.
All i can say for Andy is good luck mate. I feel your pain.
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AB (29th June 2015)
I knew that already! HahaThey are awesome andy is just soft
Yeah too busy going outside for cigs...... harden the f$#k up AB !!!!!!!
yep, plenty of discipline and knock out drugsThey are awesome andy is just soft
Ahhhh, to joy of kids.
It does get better and easier, but more busy as they get older.
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Lachy and Leah spending there first night at sleep school, it's party time at my house all week!!!it's been a real shit 13 months mate and we are both exhausted.
I've been living off broken 2 hour sleeps for too long.
We did controlled crying for frigging hours mate to the point he stops breathing and both Leah and I have divorced and nearly murdered each other.
This is our last hope of sleep and sanity
I wish you all the luck AB ! Me and the missus went through the same adventures ...
Benjamin would just not fall asleep on his own, and would wake up every 40 minutes (sleep cycle) on the dot. This kid was more time accurate than an Olympic stop watch. This went on for about 4-5 months after trying a lot of things... If he had a continued sleep longer than an hour, it was like winnig lotto! Eventually we were on the brink insanity and attempted controlled crying. It worked... for a little while. Then the nightmare returned as he went back to the same routine. We eventually found out he was allergic to dairy, so obviously this has been making him uncomfortable for a long time and we didn't know... So we cut that out and hoped he would now sleep etc... It was not the case.
When he was about a year and a half old (this time last year), we decided it's time for sleep school, after procrastinating on it for a long time... I really hope where your family is going is better then what we went through.
We went to Tweddle sleep school in Footscray. Nice people, nice place but their practices were flawed... We were in this room, and the corridor next to our room had 4 other rooms. So at least 1 kid is crying their lungs out at any given time. So in turn this wakes up the other 4, and it was a viscous cycle for the whole 2 days. Not a single person in there got any sleep whatsoever, and more importantly the kids learnt sweet f*&% all about self settling and re-settling... On the 3rd day 3 families decided this is far worse than at home so we left as well.
Things are now better, but we are co-sleeping for second part of the night. So everyone gets 8-9 hours sleep at least, but we have to wake up sometime during night and go get him and bring him to bed. Co-sleeping was last resort, but it worked!
Hope things work out for you mate.
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AB (30th June 2015)
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