tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post6692404603863505285..comments2014-05-27T20:59:54.783-07:00Comments on listen to me children: Awake you Sleeper...you have a kidlisten to me childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715819473191522910noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post-45467983473075090892012-03-28T06:48:49.158-07:002012-03-28T06:48:49.158-07:00Good post, Meg! It really is crazy how much judgem...Good post, Meg! It really is crazy how much judgement goes around about babies and sleeping. As a person who does not handle sleep deprivation well, we let Kendra cry it out at 6 months because I was falling down the stairs out of exhaustion. And it worked like a charm! She started sleeping 12 hour nights and that was that; we never had to do it again. So it should work the same for Bailey, right? Wrong! She is 19 months old and still wakes up at night as often as she sleeps through it. We have sleep trained her the same way, but for some reason her little body just doesn't sleep as well as her sister's did. (Imagine that, my children are different.) I think that it is so GOOD for us to remember that God has made us all different, and our family will not look like our friends' families, and how we parent our children will look different as well. Don't be surprised if you end up doing something different with your next child based on their personality and what you feel led to do. I know that I personally would not have rocked Kendra at night for two hours in a row like I will Bailey, but there is a grace and freedom in knowing that God is with us through this trial of sleep deprivation and that what is most important is that we listen to HIM in our parenting and not those other judgmental voices.katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683629612430650812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post-73996178808677356342012-03-27T20:43:09.279-07:002012-03-27T20:43:09.279-07:00Great post. I understand your fear of man on this...Great post. I understand your fear of man on this -- I struggled with the same thing. I found a good response was "we're working on it" when asked how my kids were sleeping. . . and then change the subject. Let people interpret that how they like! :) And really, since the baby is growing up bit by bit, you ARE working on it. :)<br /><br />Just a note -- if you do end up night weaning down the road, don't feel like you can't co-sleep at all anymore. I sleep with my weaned 2 1/2 year old all the time, and my sort-of-night-weaned 10 month old comes in our bed for morning snuggles almost every day. Not to mention when we travel -- he's mostly in with us. Every baby is different, so if you think it's too confusing or something, you would know best. But I'm so thankful that my babies cuddle in bed with me still even though I try to have them in their own beds from about midnight to 4. ;)Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485310328441248086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post-57676820486452485902012-03-27T20:41:27.402-07:002012-03-27T20:41:27.402-07:00Amen sister! Anderson nursed in the night on a sem...Amen sister! Anderson nursed in the night on a semi-regular basis until 15 months, and he still, at 18 months sleeps through the night about half the time... but whoever said being a mom was a 9-5 or 7am-8:30pm job?? It's a blessing to love on those sweet cheeks - or sometimes not so sweet anytime! Even 2:40am. :)The Malko'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809417118740013092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post-46891841151270470392012-03-27T20:04:00.097-07:002012-03-27T20:04:00.097-07:00I cant even stand how much im loving this post!!!!...I cant even stand how much im loving this post!!!! I am thrilled to follow and read more about your adventures!! :)HannahKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088948918378017569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558031793285881319.post-28799708481852495312012-03-27T19:53:59.124-07:002012-03-27T19:53:59.124-07:00oh friend, i loved this. silas (my son) just rece...oh friend, i loved this. silas (my son) just recently started sleeping well... and he's 2. so this was really encouraging :) Constant anxiety filled nights of repeating "be still before the lord and wait patiently for him." shew, motherhood aint no joke.the Poston'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162887457473046562noreply@blogger.com