DD is 5 months old and for the most part is a good sleeper however for the past month her sleep has been pretty crappy due to becoming more aware of the world, being too distracted to eat during the day, working on milestones etc.
DH and I are very opposed to CIO and we do cosleep part time (DD comes to bed with us after her first waking) but lately we've just been starting the night out with her in our bed as she's so difficult to put to sleep by herself.
I don't mind cosleeping at all. It allows us all to get more sleep and also takes the stress out of bedtime. That being said, it doesn't mean that we don't have our share of tough nights. The other night DD woke up every 2 hours and was up for good around 6, ugh!
So when a friend and I were taking the other day I casually mentioned that DD's sleep has been off the last little while and that I was really hoping that this was a phase and that we could go back to getting a few hours of time to ourselves in the evening after DD goes to bed.
I was really surprised when the friend responded that it is our own fault since we let DD sleep with us and that if we don't sleep train her we'll never get her out of our bed!
I'm so aggravated by this reaction. So if I don't let DD CIO I can't vent about being tired occasionally! That's stupid. Just wondering if any other moms get this response from others? I didn't realize just how different our views were from our friends until we all became parents.
DH and I are very opposed to CIO and we do cosleep part time (DD comes to bed with us after her first waking) but lately we've just been starting the night out with her in our bed as she's so difficult to put to sleep by herself.
I don't mind cosleeping at all. It allows us all to get more sleep and also takes the stress out of bedtime. That being said, it doesn't mean that we don't have our share of tough nights. The other night DD woke up every 2 hours and was up for good around 6, ugh!
So when a friend and I were taking the other day I casually mentioned that DD's sleep has been off the last little while and that I was really hoping that this was a phase and that we could go back to getting a few hours of time to ourselves in the evening after DD goes to bed.
I was really surprised when the friend responded that it is our own fault since we let DD sleep with us and that if we don't sleep train her we'll never get her out of our bed!
I'm so aggravated by this reaction. So if I don't let DD CIO I can't vent about being tired occasionally! That's stupid. Just wondering if any other moms get this response from others? I didn't realize just how different our views were from our friends until we all became parents.
Yet if I didn't co-sleep & we did "sleep training" and he still was a bad sleeper, it wouldn't be "my fault"...
