The weekend will consist of trying to get our baby in to a different sleep routine. This will be difficult and will result in me getting very little sleep.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:20, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

How old is she now?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:21, Reply)

20 weeks.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:22, Reply)

Yeah, it's getting time for her to settle into a good routine to let you get some proper kip then.
Good luck!
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:24, Reply)

Thanks. Going to need it.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:25, Reply)

*recommends brandy*

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:21, Reply)

For me or the baby?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:22, Reply)

Both
Everybody's happy.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:24, Reply)

AHAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAA
"sleep routine". Yeah, like that'll happen.
*weeps bitterly and reaches for more caffeine*
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:16, Reply)

I know. We've tried several methods up to now without success.
This latest one is the wheeze of a "sleep consultant" that my wife insisted we use. At a cost of £200.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:17, Reply)

My friend tried that with her baby,
£300 and it didn't work at all.

I've now gone 18 months without any more than 4 unbroken hours sleep. I am too tired to do anything other than co-sleep and breastfeed at night so I figure at some point she'll sleep better, it's just a matter of adjusting my expectations. I will not ever do any form of controlled crying because it turns out I'm an attachment parenting hippy fucker.

Apparently the clever babies don't sleep well. Yeah, right - Catface's sister didn't sleep through 'til she was seven years old and she's thick as mud.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:22, Reply)

I should add that catfaceceilidhbaby is on the second hour of her daytime nap as I type.
I would not have thought that possible a couple of months ago. Somehow she just started napping properly (if I push the buggy round a bit to get her to sleep).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:26, Reply)

we're not having a problem with daytime naps.
It's nighttime. The baby won't sleep for more than an hour at a time at night and will only go back to sleep if on my wife's tit, even if not hungry.

Tried controlled crying (Ferber method) and hated it. Both of us are too soft to let her cry. We are going to try "spaced soothing" whatever that is.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:32, Reply)

Try a dummy
It is cheaper
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:33, Reply)

Tried that. Lasts about 2 minutes in favour of her thumb.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:34, Reply)

This sounds very familiar.
I have exactly the same problem except my daughter is 18 months old and will on occasion sleep 2-3 hours before waking, crying, wanting a boob in her face. Much like her father.

I'm going to try this when I'm a little less exhausted:
drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:38, Reply)

Sounds similar to what we are going to try, except we will put her in her cot for it not in our bed.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:45, Reply)

I'm too lazy to get out of bed and lift a child into a cot.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:47, Reply)

I will have to do this bit.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:48, Reply)