Mila's been a terrible sleeper since birth, she clearly never inherited my 'sleep through a hurricane' gene! I've found it's one of those things where people like to 'contribute' (contribute being the kindest way of putting it, 'push' would be the more appropriate term) their underminding and rather uneducated opinions. When we say, 'we've tried everything' it means just that. I find people who don't have children suggesting 'oh well does she have a proper bedtime routine' 'Are you feeding her enough before bed' 'have you tried letting her not sleep in the day' 'have you tried a pillow' 'have you let her sleep on her side' 'have you tried a grobag' and my all time favourite uneducated suggestion.. 'Have you tried the cry it out method' I'm sorry but my daughter doesn't yet comprehend that she should sleep soundly throughout the night, she is 6 months old after all, people tend to forget that they still wake up in the night to turn over, to have a drink, to go to the toilet, but yet a baby who knows no different except the fact she's in a dark room with no visible or physical contact with her parents should be expected to not wake feeling a little anxious.
So yes, before you want to suggest something to the exhausted mother who has slept through 8 times in 6 months, a way in which to get her daughter to sleep, please bare in mind that while she's nodding along in agreeance she is actually fanaticising about shoving your 'methods' as far up your a*** as is physically possible. As the only 'method' she hasn't tried is juggling bananas whilst standing on her head.
Oh and that also goes for those mothers who brag about their baby sleeping through since day one, we hate you and we most definetely don't believe you.
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