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Since I’m pretty clear-headed in the morning, this was a great time to do homework while my mind is fresh, and to this day, I do my writing in the morning. From her, I learned that mornings were a meaningful time to be embraced.

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For a couple of hours in the wee small hours, she could read or crochet and drink coffee and be free for once. She would always wake up at 3am because it was the only time of day no one was around to place their endless demands on her. I’ve always been good at getting up to an early alarm, and basically bouncing out of bed ready to take on the day. In college, I would go to bed at 8pm while my friends were all still partying.

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I left the TV on to out-shout those thoughts, and slept on the couch where the TV was, instead of my room where my bed was. As an adolescent and teenager, I had trouble falling asleep, with my thoughts clanging around in my head. Literally the only time I remember being threatened with a spanking, I was running around resisting bedtime. There is so much to do that is more fun than sleep. For something that takes up like a third of our lives, we don’t pay much attention to sleep. We can have a different relationship with sleep that even depends on the day. Every individual has their own relationship with sleep, and in my experience, my relationship with sleep has changed over time. We humans, with our things to do and life stresses, have maybe a more complicated relationship with sleep than our animal friends. Part 2 of my story will continue with our experience with our sleep consultant.We think we all know what we’re talking about when we talk about sleep, but really we all have a different idea of what this universal need means for us.

I brought up the idea of hiring a sleep consultant to my husband and we both agreed we needed outside help and advice to get our little girl some much needed visits from the sandman.

ILL SLEEP WHEN I AM DEAD PROFESSIONAL

I decided that we needed to seek some professional help.

I was pretty much at my wit’s end!! I was a zombie and so was my daughter. Seeking medical advice, changing eating habits and sleepwear. The 6 month sleep regression fell upon us like the black plague and we were back to our 30 minute naps and a million night time wakings!Ħ,7,8 months….I have tried reading books. Not as long as we would like, but I’d take 45 minutes over 30! Unfortunately that didn’t last very long. We couldn’t believe it! Naps were even a bit longer. By this time she was around 5 months old. She looks like a giant pink Marshmallow!īut OH MY GOD we thought we had just won the baby sleep lottery with this suit! Leah the very first night slept 13 hours straight. If anyone of you has seen a Magic Merlin Sleep suit you know, that kid is not moving around to find her soother that she has spit out. Nights had turned into me getting up every 20 minutes to a crying baby who needed her soother reinserted so she could fall asleep. By this time though, Leah’s sleep had grown exponentially worse. So when we retired the swaddle, we transitioned her into a Magic Merlin’s sleep suit. It always amused us how she could wiggle around the crib when she looked like a wrapped up mummy. Swaddling helped a little, until she became the incredible hulk baby and could break through it every 3 minutes. Sound machine, lovey, sleep sacs….you name it, we tried it. Against my husband’s and my own plans, we caved and gave her a soother. I kept her swaddled at nap time and during the night. Like, bags under the eyes tired.Īs a concerned Momma, I began trying things that I thought would sooth my baby girl back to sleep. But by 2 months of age, then 3, the 30 minute naps continued and Leah continued to be tired. At first I didn’t think too much of this because she was only a month old. Still tired but unable to fall back to sleep. Then by the magical number of 30 (minutes), she would wake up. During the day when Leah was put down, she would fall asleep with ease. It didn’t take me long to realize there was a pattern to my little girls sleep. Around the one month mark, Reality sure did sucker punch me right in the face. Frankly, I pretty much thought all babies were superstars when it came to sleeping. When I first had my daughter Leah, I never really gave any thought to whether she would be a good sleeper or not. One Mom’s Struggle to eradicate the 30 Minute Nap.

Ill sleep when i am dead