Sometimes these days it feels like I do nothing but obsess over, think and talk about my sons sleep. I've read books and book reviews, I've scoured blogs and articles and was so overwhelmed and confused by all of the contradicting advice and passionate opinions.
After agonizing over it for months, during which time his sleep went from bad to terrible (needing the boob to sleep constantly even when he wasnt hungry, we are talking 6 or more times a night) we have ended up letting him cry and checking on him over the past week (Ferber-ish) and it's been really working well. Granted he is a little older (5.5 months) and had shown that he could self sooth, he just preferred not too, but what it came down to for us was that giving him a little room to figure out how to really sleep was more loving than constant intervention and mixed messages.
Anyways in all my reading I found two articles that I think might be helpful here. The first because it's funny and frighteningly accurate and the second because maybe it will give some insight into what you are seeing with your daughter.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/i-read-all-the-baby-sleep-advice-books_b_3143253.htmlhttps://askmoxie.org/blog/2011/01/tension-decreasers.html
Yes exactly. I definitely obsess over my sons lack of sleep. At work people are always like oh you look tired, then it just gets me going and I feel like they are starting to get sick of hearing my sob story.
Re: Cry-It-Out at bedtime
Yes exactly. I definitely obsess over my sons lack of sleep. At work people are always like oh you look tired, then it just gets me going and I feel like they are starting to get sick of hearing my sob story.