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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
Not sure if this was posted on here but I was laughing when I read it...it's long but I enjoyed the entire thing....
OK, here’s my situation. My Mummy has had me for almost seven months. The first few months were great. I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, day or night.
Then something happened.
Over the last few weeks, she has been trying to STTN (sleep through the night). At first, I thought it was just a phase, but it is only getting worse.
I’ve talked to other babies, and it seems like its pretty common after Mummies have had us for around six months.
Here’s the thing: these Mummies don’t really need to sleep. Its just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep and they just don’t need it anymore.
So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby Shuffle. It goes like this:
Night 1: Cry every three hours until you get fed. I know, its hard. Its hard to see your Mummy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself, its for her own good.
Night 2: Cry every two hours until you get fed.
Night 3: [Cry every hour. Most Mummies will start to respond more quickly after about three nights.
Some Mummies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mummies may stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing.
Don’t give in. I cannot stress this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the night), just once, she will expect it every night.
I KNOW ITS HARD! But she really doesn’t need the sleep, she’s just resisting the change.
If you have an especially alert Mummy, you can stop crying for about 10 minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall asleep.
Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mummy once stayed awake for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it.
Last night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT!
I cried for any reason I could come up with. My sleep sack tickled my foot. I felt a wrinkle under the sheet. My mobile made a shadow on the wall. i burped, and it tasted like pears. I hadn’t eaten pears since lunch, what’s up with that? The cat said 'meow'. I should know. My Mummy reminds me of this about 20 times a day. LOL.
Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room.
Too hot, too cold, just right - doesn’t matter! Keep crying!! It took awhile, but it worked.
She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in order to reset your Mummies internal clocks.
Sometimes my Mummy will call for reinforcements by sending in Daddy.
Don’t worry, Daddies are not set up for not needing sleep the way Mummies are. They can only handle a few pats and shhing before they declare defeat and send in the Mummy.
Also, be wary of the sleep sheep with rain noises. I like to give Mummy false hope that listening to the rain puts me to sleep sometimes I pretend to close my eyes and be asleep and then wait until I know Mummy is settling back to sleep to spring a surprise cry attack.
If she doesn’t get to me fast enough I follow up with my fake cough and gag noise that always has her running to the crib.
At some point I am positive she will start to realise that she really doesn’t really need sleep.
P.S. Don’t let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on them, no milk will come out. Trust me
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stillasecret
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
Too funny!
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
hilarious!!! thank you so much for sharing!
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starlitdragon
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
The daddy part made me laugh the hardest. Hysterical
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WannaBeAMom11
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
That's hilarious.
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StaceyWill
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
Love this! So funny!
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ANR1211
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
LOL!
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LiveItUp
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Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
So funny!
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Melmel821
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KwaaksNest
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Re: Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
Posted by starlitdragon
The daddy part made me laugh the hardest. Hysterical
Me too cause thats so my husband
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apwmjc
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Re: Funny sttn from a 7 month olds perspective
Too funny
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