I don’t think it’s weird to take photos of your sleeping darlings! I love it when they’re asleep (and they are 17 & 13 + hubby too)! Their sleep photos take me straight back to when they were newbies (except hubby, I didn’t know him then). It’s uncanny how similar my sleeping teens look like their baby selves!
Now I am envious of that 5.30-6pm bedtime! Mine go to bed at 8pm and generally stay there. We did the hard yards with our daughter until she was about 3, but not as hard as you. You so deserve this early bedtime! I agree that it is just about letting go… There’s nothing we areally did that changed our kids’ sleeping habits either. Some days our daughter gets up at 5.45am and other days we have to drag her out at 7am for school. They just do what they do. Much love to you. xx
I slept really well last night. Even with forgetting to set my alarm last night and my body clock (luckily) waking me up just a little after my usual get-up time, I still feel good!
I totally understand your Bronte situation. Our dog was (and still is) insane. She walked us as well. We eventually got a dog trainer to come out (super expensive but well worth the money and you get a lifetime guarantee) and taught us a few tricks. She’s still insane but we can control it better now.
I’ve been sleeping like a log and loving it. I even fell asleep during a massage yesterday. Sleeping is ace but waking up is hard to do. We’ve got the same doona cover as Lacey there, so maybe that’s the secret. The magic doona cover?
Bub had his best night’s sleep yet last night! YAY!
My oldest daughter (3.5 years) sleeps in our bed too. If we try to make her sleep in her bed, she fights sleep like crazy, so we decided to stop fighting with her and just let her be happy sleeping in our bed. It’s made for a much happier family.
My one year old is a bad sleeper.
But the other week she fell asleep twice on her own!
It’s all home to shit again now but for those two nights I saw that just letting it run its course will work.
We co sleep. And she still wakes up every 2-3 hrs but now I know it’s possible I’m over the moon.
Turns out I think she has restless legs syndrome which will explain the no sleep if its diagnosed. But that’s a whole story of its own.
I hope you didn’t jinx it!
Enjoy pregnancy. That insomnia is just getting you ready.
🙂
I have had a few nights with little to no sleep. So I am hoping tonight I get a good one.
Our babies never slept until they were all around 2 years old – now they sleep through unless they have a night mare or need the toilet. Usually they get up and I don’t even realise it!!
All the best with your Dog Training – We used to have a Dog – he always TOOK us for the walk, never ever could we get him to walk calm.
I think sleep is just one of those things that sorts itself out eventually. Our eldest is 5 and she, as far as sleep goes, has been exactly the same as Lacey. I will say though at 4 when she started kindy it did start to settle and most nights now she sleeps well (unless she is over tired and then she has night terrors, but that’s another story all together). We didn’t do anything to get her to that stage…. just like we didn’t do anything wrong at the start that made her a non-sleeper….just like the parents of the miraculous-from-birth-night-through sleepers didn’t do anything to achieve that. It just is what it is…but it certainly can suck. Our second was a much better (in comparison, which probably isn’t actually saying much) sleeper, but I didn’t do anything differently with her. I wish you good sleep vibes for the coming months. xx
I take hundreds of photos of Jarvis sleeping, it is the only time he is still. Stopped taking photos of Tamika sleeping, it would be weird now she is almost 21. But then again if she falls asleep on the couch it is all bets off.
Pictures of sleeping little ones is not weird – I’ve even managed to paint a few. It is like a little piece of heaven! Our 3 year old just suddenly had a light bulb moment and stopped comming into our room in the middle of the night and the routine is now 7:30 to 7:30 of bliss. There are nightmares occassionally but as long as I can go into her room in short order and tell her to go back to sleep she does. I swear the ‘hands off’ thing even worked for potty trainning. The moment I stopped asking her if she had to go she started going by herself.
ay. people can be a little judgy sometimes. my dog is the same. i can feel so embarrassed because she constantly jumps on people. she used to pull a lot when i walked her and then we bought this harness:
I’m going to put it out there and I might jinx myself but last night my 8week old slept for 7hrs straight for the first time! I clearly didn’t because I kept waking up to check if he was alive but I was bowled over. Fingers crossed that it wasn’t a fluke and it continues to happen 🙂
I love taking pictures of Punky sleeping, she just sleeps in the cutest, funniest positions sometimes that I can’t help it. We go through stages if good sleep here, some months she’s great, other months not so great. And of course the nights I can’t sleep (isn’t pregnancy insomnia and getting up to pee 60billion times a night so glorious!) she sleeps well but then the nights I do nod straight off she decides to get another tooth or cold! The joys! Wouldn’t change it for anything in the world though! I just think if it as conditioning for when the next bub arrives in July!
I don’t think it’s weird to take photos of your sleeping darlings! I love it when they’re asleep (and they are 17 & 13 + hubby too)! Their sleep photos take me straight back to when they were newbies (except hubby, I didn’t know him then). It’s uncanny how similar my sleeping teens look like their baby selves!
Now I am envious of that 5.30-6pm bedtime! Mine go to bed at 8pm and generally stay there. We did the hard yards with our daughter until she was about 3, but not as hard as you. You so deserve this early bedtime! I agree that it is just about letting go… There’s nothing we areally did that changed our kids’ sleeping habits either. Some days our daughter gets up at 5.45am and other days we have to drag her out at 7am for school. They just do what they do. Much love to you. xx
I slept really well last night. Even with forgetting to set my alarm last night and my body clock (luckily) waking me up just a little after my usual get-up time, I still feel good!
I totally understand your Bronte situation. Our dog was (and still is) insane. She walked us as well. We eventually got a dog trainer to come out (super expensive but well worth the money and you get a lifetime guarantee) and taught us a few tricks. She’s still insane but we can control it better now.
I’ve been sleeping like a log and loving it. I even fell asleep during a massage yesterday. Sleeping is ace but waking up is hard to do. We’ve got the same doona cover as Lacey there, so maybe that’s the secret. The magic doona cover?
Bub had his best night’s sleep yet last night! YAY!
My oldest daughter (3.5 years) sleeps in our bed too. If we try to make her sleep in her bed, she fights sleep like crazy, so we decided to stop fighting with her and just let her be happy sleeping in our bed. It’s made for a much happier family.
My one year old is a bad sleeper.
But the other week she fell asleep twice on her own!
It’s all home to shit again now but for those two nights I saw that just letting it run its course will work.
We co sleep. And she still wakes up every 2-3 hrs but now I know it’s possible I’m over the moon.
Turns out I think she has restless legs syndrome which will explain the no sleep if its diagnosed. But that’s a whole story of its own.
I hope you didn’t jinx it!
Enjoy pregnancy. That insomnia is just getting you ready.
🙂
I have had a few nights with little to no sleep. So I am hoping tonight I get a good one.
Our babies never slept until they were all around 2 years old – now they sleep through unless they have a night mare or need the toilet. Usually they get up and I don’t even realise it!!
All the best with your Dog Training – We used to have a Dog – he always TOOK us for the walk, never ever could we get him to walk calm.
I think sleep is just one of those things that sorts itself out eventually. Our eldest is 5 and she, as far as sleep goes, has been exactly the same as Lacey. I will say though at 4 when she started kindy it did start to settle and most nights now she sleeps well (unless she is over tired and then she has night terrors, but that’s another story all together). We didn’t do anything to get her to that stage…. just like we didn’t do anything wrong at the start that made her a non-sleeper….just like the parents of the miraculous-from-birth-night-through sleepers didn’t do anything to achieve that. It just is what it is…but it certainly can suck. Our second was a much better (in comparison, which probably isn’t actually saying much) sleeper, but I didn’t do anything differently with her. I wish you good sleep vibes for the coming months. xx
I take hundreds of photos of Jarvis sleeping, it is the only time he is still. Stopped taking photos of Tamika sleeping, it would be weird now she is almost 21. But then again if she falls asleep on the couch it is all bets off.
Pictures of sleeping little ones is not weird – I’ve even managed to paint a few. It is like a little piece of heaven! Our 3 year old just suddenly had a light bulb moment and stopped comming into our room in the middle of the night and the routine is now 7:30 to 7:30 of bliss. There are nightmares occassionally but as long as I can go into her room in short order and tell her to go back to sleep she does. I swear the ‘hands off’ thing even worked for potty trainning. The moment I stopped asking her if she had to go she started going by herself.
ay. people can be a little judgy sometimes. my dog is the same. i can feel so embarrassed because she constantly jumps on people. she used to pull a lot when i walked her and then we bought this harness:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11372093&lmdn=Dog+Collars%2C+Tags+%26amp%3Bamp%3B+Leashes&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo
i highly recommend it! (or something similar)
I’m going to put it out there and I might jinx myself but last night my 8week old slept for 7hrs straight for the first time! I clearly didn’t because I kept waking up to check if he was alive but I was bowled over. Fingers crossed that it wasn’t a fluke and it continues to happen 🙂
I love taking pictures of Punky sleeping, she just sleeps in the cutest, funniest positions sometimes that I can’t help it. We go through stages if good sleep here, some months she’s great, other months not so great. And of course the nights I can’t sleep (isn’t pregnancy insomnia and getting up to pee 60billion times a night so glorious!) she sleeps well but then the nights I do nod straight off she decides to get another tooth or cold! The joys! Wouldn’t change it for anything in the world though! I just think if it as conditioning for when the next bub arrives in July!