Day 2 of NCSS

[snadaska]

Hi,

So here I am on day 2 of my new sleep plan or rather our new sleep plan. DD cosleeps with us and loves LOVES to breastfeed ALL.NIGHT. LONG. She is 7 months now and I just can't take the all night nursing and not being able to change posistions. I wake up and my back aches. We were going to get a larger bed to make it easier for me to move away from her but instead opted to sidecar the crib hoping this would help. It has a little bit but we needed something more so enter NCSS.

What I took away from NCSS was to establish a bedtime routine which I admit to not having. We are also doing the PPO method and have gotten serious about getting in long enough naps. The other thing we decided to do was have my husband put her down after I nurse her. I mean, just for when she first goes to sleep in the evening,

Last night my husband was able to get her to sleep which was great. She fell asleep at 815 was up at 1030, 130, and 430. When she got up at 430 she was ready to play. So I nursed her a lot form 430 on (lost count)and she sort of slept off and on until 700.

So we are giong to to stick to our plan and see what happens. I know some of you have it much worse and I feel for you but what I would really love is like a 4 or 5 hour stretch of sleep a night. That would be HEAVEN!!!!

I really want to continue cosleeping and hope that I am able to make it work for me. Right now I am feeling a little discouraged but there's hope that this can work out right? I know DD will probably still wake up a few times a night and that's ok but I just need a little more sleep<sigh>

[llwr]

Wanted to offer you some encouragement....

It takes a while to see improvement, but it doesn't mean it's not there or will never happen. I've started to think of working on sleep to be kind of like ECing -- it helps, it's worth it, but it's not a miracle either. Sometimes I get more frustrated when I'm working on sleep -- like my expectations get higher or the work of it wears me out. Then I'll take a break for a bit and go back to it later.

This was meant to be encouraging! I think it can totally work, just don't expect it to be a whole lot easier in the first couple of days.

[momma-z]

Cheers to you! I need to get my NCSS book back from a friend so I can remind myself what it says and use it myself (and I intend to stick with it this time). With my first child, who was a terrible sleeper and very sensitive, we had a hard time sticking to any plan for more than a few days but eventually her sleep got better on its own anyway (she's 2.5 now). Good luck, you can do it! I'm rooting for you (no pun intended) and I'm sure it will get better.