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S/O Dr. Gordon...

xoexpatxoexpat member
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Wish me luck.  We are about to embark upon night 4 of Dr. Gordon's suggestions.  The first two nights went remarkably well, I thought, and last night was good too but not as smooth as the first two.  

I'm a little apprehensive about tonight, though--no feeding, just picking up, consoling, etc.  My twins are 14 months and still wake every three hours to nurse.  I've held out as long as I could but I really just need to get some sleep at night.

Good vibes are appreciated!
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Re: S/O Dr. Gordon...

  • SarahandSam2007SarahandSam2007 member
    You're a good mama :)
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  • xoexpatxoexpat member
    Yessssss!  Update:

    Day 6, babies slept from 12-6 without waking up!  Yeah!  I hope I'm not celebrating too early, but if it keeps going like this I will be a very happy lady.


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  • bloverdebloverde member
    Good for you! My 17mo just wasn't ready. It failed miserably.
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  • xoexpatxoexpat member
    We are on the last few nights.  They've gone ok.  For example, DS only woke once, at 1 am but went back to sleep fairly quickly.  DD however, woke up a couple of times and was harder to calm down. I caved in and went ahead and fed them at 6 instead of waiting till 7 because I thought they would sleep in longer (they did). 

    I just had to accept the fact that they will cry a little.  Usually, just a few minutes after I'm out of the door they fall right asleep.  I'm just really really hoping that DD will adjust in the next few nights.  

    Whenever I tried anything else sleep related before this, it did not work, for anyone.  Now it seems like we're getting somewhere.  Fingers crossed!
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  • musickphan912musickphan912 member
    Good for you! We Ferberized our daughter in less than a week and we haven't had a problem keeping with a sleep schedule yet. When my daughter was 6 months old we would have her in bed by 10, she'd wake up at 3 and then be up for the day at 6. When she no longer required the 3am feeding, I would get up and give her a sippy of water. After 2 nights, the 3 am feeding was no longer worth waking up for so she started sleeping thru the night.
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