Babies: 9 - 12 Months

"Infant Sleep Consultant"

From my local Craigslist....

I need help getting my 5 month old baby to sleep thru the night. She wakes up and will only go back to sleep by nursing. She wakes up every hour-two hours. If there is anyone out there that is qualified and has helped babies sleep thru the night please reach me! I will pay your price!

 

FFS! She's five MONTHS old not five YEARS old. WTF?!  I mean, I understand you can't get up every hour or two forever, but again, she's five months old...a lot of babies don't STTN at that age!

Re: "Infant Sleep Consultant"

  • She is actually going to pay someone to do this??
    Nathan Thomas, C-section (frank breech), September 22, 2008 Maren Anne, VBAC, April 6, 2010 Lilypie Fourth Birthday tickers Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
  • I totally agree with what you're saying ... in hinsight. When L was 5.5 months old I hired a baby sleep coach to help me because I was going out of my mind spending one to three hours getting her to sleep at night and waking up every two hours to nurse. I felt like everyone else's kid slept through the night and there was something wrong with me because I couldn't figure it out. I read four sleep books and none helped, so I hired someone to help me.

    All I can say is, it worked! Although looking back I really wish I would have just allowed myself more time to figure it out on my own (and saved the cash).

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  • FWIW, this is the woman I hired (based on a referral). We did it by phone because I don't live in California.

    https://www.viviansonnenberg.com/index.html

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  • Wow, I really didn't know that infant sleep consultants existed.  Really.

    I, however, DO understand the desperation that comes with not getting sleep for longer than a 1-2 hour time period for several months.

    If I had known this existed, I probably would have hired one myself.

    Nathan Thomas, C-section (frank breech), September 22, 2008 Maren Anne, VBAC, April 6, 2010 Lilypie Fourth Birthday tickers Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
  • I would have been out of my mind if DS was still up every 1-2 hrs at 5 months old. Seriously. BSC. I can't fault that woman one bit for desperately looking for help.
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  • I've been sitting here scrapbooking and thinking about what I posted.  In hindsight, I should not have posted what I did.  I think that there are a few reasons I found this listing odd ---- #1) I was blessed with a kid that STTN early on, so I am a very poor person to reflect on the early days.  I should have thought about that before I posted.  #2)  I am the type of person who will do things herself at the risk of being a martyr as opposed to asking for help or hiring help.  This is my problem and it IS a problem. I wish I could be more like the women who DO ask for help - it would eliminate a lot of bad feelings on my part!

    So, I apologize for being a douche.  I didn't mean to come off judgy and I did.  Forgive! 

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    I've been sitting here scrapbooking and thinking about what I posted.  In hindsight, I should not have posted what I did.  I think that there are a few reasons I found this listing odd ---- #1) I was blessed with a kid that STTN early on, so I am a very poor person to reflect on the early days.  I should have thought about that before I posted.  #2)  I am the type of person who will do things herself at the risk of being a martyr as opposed to asking for help or hiring help.  This is my problem and it IS a problem. I wish I could be more like the women who DO ask for help - it would eliminate a lot of bad feelings on my part!

    So, I apologize for being a douche.  I didn't mean to come off judgy and I did.  Forgive! 

    you are sweet - no hard feelings, lol :)

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    imageeliotsmuse:

    I've been sitting here scrapbooking and thinking about what I posted.  In hindsight, I should not have posted what I did.  I think that there are a few reasons I found this listing odd ---- #1) I was blessed with a kid that STTN early on, so I am a very poor person to reflect on the early days.  I should have thought about that before I posted.  #2)  I am the type of person who will do things herself at the risk of being a martyr as opposed to asking for help or hiring help.  This is my problem and it IS a problem. I wish I could be more like the women who DO ask for help - it would eliminate a lot of bad feelings on my part!

    So, I apologize for being a douche.  I didn't mean to come off judgy and I did.  Forgive! 

    you are sweet - no hard feelings, lol :)

    agreed!

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  • If I were in that situation and had the cash I would definitely hire a sleep consultant.  DD woke up every 1-3 hours for 3 months and I was so sleep deprived and going out of my mind even though I knew it was normal.  If this were still going on I would completely be flipping out and doing everything in my power to fix it. 
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