I think she's waking to nurse because she got into the habit of waking to nurse when she was small and needed to nurse every three hours, and we never figured out how to get her out of the habit except by refusing to nurse her and letting her cry. Which we have not yet steeled ourselves to do sufficiently.
The other wakings I think are because she hasn't yet gotten good at settling herself when she wakes at night. I gather everyone wakes up at night but mostly we don't remember it because we turn over and go back to sleep, instead of crying, and lately, trying to crawl about the crib, bonking her head. The experts say that the thing to do is teach her to settle herself. The 'teaching' method seems to involve letting her cry until she figures it out, basically. Again, not so much with the steeliness.
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Date: 2004-06-25 10:43 pm (UTC)The other wakings I think are because she hasn't yet gotten good at settling herself when she wakes at night. I gather everyone wakes up at night but mostly we don't remember it because we turn over and go back to sleep, instead of crying, and lately, trying to crawl about the crib, bonking her head. The experts say that the thing to do is teach her to settle herself. The 'teaching' method seems to involve letting her cry until she figures it out, basically. Again, not so much with the steeliness.
How are you? Long time no see. Are you busy? How was the trip?