Good at this. (Learning to live with a lack of sleep)
A few months back, Sam said something that stopped me in my tracks. We were discussing, for the umpeenth time no doubt, our older children’s appalling sleep habits, and the…
Sleep
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Our Baby’s beside crib – A Snuzpod Review
I read loads of Snuzpod reviews whilst pregnant with my third baby. Bedside cribs were not a really a thing when my first was a newborn, who slept next to…
How He Sleeps
Sleep. It’s what everyone asks you about when you have a new baby. (And then abruptly, the questions cease at around 6 months, and I’m still here with a two…
From Co-Sleeping to Sleeping Through the Night – Where we are now with Rory’s Sleep
We have finally achieved what I call the “almost-holy grail of sleep” with Rory. It’s taken over two and a half years, but we are now at the stage where…
Sleep – It’s getting (a bit) easier.
Last night, Rory woke at 11pm, just as I was going to bed. I fed him, and waited for him to settle in his cot, before hitting the hay myself…
Parenting alone when your children hate sleep
I love alone time. I’ve always been happy to hole up by myself, embrace the opportunity to watch my trashy TV shows without comment or judgement, or work away at…
Diary of a co-sleeping baby
I was so happy climbing into bed the first night after setting up Rory’ s co-sleeping space. I was excited about being so close to my tiny new baby, being…
Sleeping Through the Night
It’s been over a month so I feel I can legitimately write that this is the new (and hopefully permanent!) sleep routine. 19 months is when Arlo officially slept through…
All I want for Christmas is sleep
Father Christmas does exist. I asked him for sleep. Arlo has slept through (as in 11 or 12 hours straight) five days out of the last seven. Merry fucking Christmas…