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Suffolk_lass

edinburgher wrote: »

We love her to bits, just can't spare 14 hours a week getting her to sleep

I remember my Mum saying to us, if he's crying, you know he's not dead. As a parent, I feel you can also tell what sort of crying is going on too...

BTW I have not yet tried the Malbec or Grenache but I did buy a bottle of the white on your recommendation and will try that first (the reds were not on offer but £8 is my reasonableness threshold). We go to the highlands for a week's tramping (in the hills, not living rough) at the end of March - to a large s/c house with 12+ people so I was thinking of then as I will be drinking again by then (I am being very abstemious while on my 8-week low blood-sugar diet).

biglass

Hoping you had another good night with your wee one last night,Ed! It makes such a difference to have a decent sleep

edinburgher

biglass wrote: »

Hoping you had another good night with your wee one last night,Ed! It makes such a difference to have a decent sleep

She was a wee bit fretful, but only required one 5 minute visit to go back to a sound sleep. Mrs E had been out at the pub all evening, so she drew the short straw

LadyGnome

Great progress with the sleep training - long may it last. Its not a fun job but it makes a big difference to your life when you can pop them into bed and they sleep through most of the time.

biglass

That's great re the sleep training ,well done to you both as I know how difficult it can be- you have to have nerves of steel! Long may it continue :j

AlexLK

edinburgher wrote: »

We love her to bits, just can't spare 14 hours a week getting her to sleep

14 hours per week! :eek:

... starting to understand why you're doing the sleep training now, Ed.

In other news, I assume you're pleased with the rugby result. :beer:

edinburgher

AlexLK wrote: »

14 hours per week! :eek:

... starting to understand why you're doing the sleep training now, Ed.

In other news, I assume you're pleased with the rugby result. :beer:

Alex... I haven't started watching it yet mate! :rotfl:

slowlyfading

edinburgher wrote: »

I get the impression that you're a bit of a softy like me SF - did you find the first couple of nights as horrible as we did?

Your impression is right I found the first couple of nights horrendous! But, it was taking us 4+ hours a night to try and get DS to sleep and we - including him - were just too tired for it to continue the way it was.

Now, unless he's teething, he sleeps 8pm til 6:30am with pretty much no problems. Takes him about 20 minutes to fall to sleep, with us putting him in his cot awake and leaving him to it he's a much happier child for it, too.

AlexLK

edinburgher wrote: »

Alex... I haven't started watching it yet mate! :rotfl:

Sorry for spoiling it.

edinburgher

Not to worry, greatly enjoyed it