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Latest post on 17 October 2012 - 13:03

Not sure this helps but recently saw a pin on Pinterest where someone used the plastic things that come with a loaf of bread to keep the bag tied..she put one on each cord as a label....

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Latest post on 26 September 2012 - 14:42

Thanks that sounds quite easy! cheeky monkeys is a kids play area

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Latest post on 17 September 2012 - 21:08

Flydiver, sure oct sounds good. Tabloid, definitely drop me an email. Enjoy your trip to Oz. We tried a great class on Mon called Moms and Tots which he loved. I totally agree with you...my DS is very social already and I really dont think nursery is necessary right now for him. Maybe later down the track when we have number 2 but we'll see!

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Latest post on 15 September 2012 - 09:26

I don't wish to let him cry it out since he really is a good boy, he has maybe cried a total of 30minutes since he was a born, so it would just feel wrong. edited by Umm A on 14/09/2012 One thing the sleep consultant pointed out was that even though listening to them cry is hard, it's the only way they can communicate so they can be crying because they are frustrated and angry, or stressed because they are overtired. One thing that helped me was realising it was not something I was doing to him, but FOR him. My DS was a happy "good" boy too who had hardly ever cried and thankfully we only had to let him cry for twenty minutes... and in fact teaching him to sleep this way made him a happier boy....as he was not overtired anymore. he never once became upset with us outside of this and always had a big smile in the morning. But I am not trying to get you to CIO, just explaining what we did and a different point of view. I hope you find a no cry solution so you are all getting more sleep. I had also bought and read the no cry solution but realised on reading it that I had already tried most of the solutions in there which is why in desperation we resorted to a sleep coach thinking it would be a nightmare, when in fact within a few nights of hardly any crying we were sorted.... As for bedtimes, we are quite strict. If DH gets home late from work that's too bad, he'll see him the next day and make up for it on the weekend....keeping him up is not worth it as he's much happier and sleeps better with his regular bedtime. <em>edited by sydneygal on 15/09/2012</em>

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Latest post on 14 September 2012 - 22:32

Flydiver...930am??!! Sooo jealous!

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Latest post on 14 September 2012 - 19:50

Hi there....sleep deprivation is a killer isnt it! If your bub is waking that often it sounds like he has some sleep associations...does he require a dummy/boob/rocking or anything else to get back to sleep? When my DS was younger he would wake every 45 min for his dummy all night long so we had to teach him to fall asleep on his own. We worked with a sleep coach but it did involve some crying it out, but it worked and now DS sleeps a solid 12 hours and goes to sleep by himself with no tears. But there are other ways of getting rid of sleep associations that don't involve crying, they just usually take a bit longer. See if u can get your hands on the book The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley, or give Kiwispiers a shout out I think she has a PDF of the book she could email you. Good luck and I hope you all get some sleep soon. Oh...and have you tried putting him to sleep earlier? 9.30pm is very late and he might be so overtired he can't settle into a deeper sleep, especially if he's only having short naps. My boy goes to sleep between 7-730pm and sleeps 12 hours plus has a 3 hour nap during the day. Sometimes the more they sleep, the more they sleep! Earlier bedtimes can do wonders, it's worth a try.

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Latest post on 14 September 2012 - 19:40

Hey M, DS dropped to one nap about a month and a half ago and he's 16 months now. He started fighting his first nap at ten am so eventually I just stopped trying to put him down and then instead of putting him down at two for an afternoon 2 hour nap I started putting him down at one....and he started sleeping three hours! I know others keep a longer morning nap and then drop the afternoon nap. I found the afternoon nap suited him better and us too as far as organising activities and classes and working around his meal times. He also now goes down around half seven and sleeps 12 hours. I did find however that when we first dropped to one nap, there were days where he still seemed to need the first nap and he would take it, so you might have to go with the flow a bit during that flux period....eventually they settle right into the one nap with no issues. I usually had to take him out and keep him distracted in the morning for a while, but also staying close to home so there was no danger of him falling asleep in the car! Now he is fine and has no issues staying up from 730am until 1pm.

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