"every child is different !!"
I agree wholeheartedly with you here Jo. Lets remember this is why 'one size fits all' advice so often makes mothers feel inadequate. Also, what works for a while may not work another time - even for the same child. So much is trial and error - and surrender!
I frequently find that when a mother is supported to ignore the pressures of how much/ how often a baby or child "should' sleep, and sees her child as the individual spirit he/she is, she will work out what is best for her child/ family. Amazingly, (or perhaps not) this confidence seems to be a big factor in the child 'miraculously' settling.
Pinky www.pinky-mychild.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Bourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: Message for Ozmid board
I have to respectfully disagree, all the "the more they sleep the more they sleep" advice to the contrary my daughter goes to sleep in record time the days she skips her nap and is up 2 hours past her bedtime if we let her nap too long or too late. It is sheer hell.... Every child is different, I don't think it helps anyone to say that all kids sleep better at night if they sleep better during the day because it just makes those of us with different sleepers feel worse.
cheers Jo
At 6:27 PM +1000 1/1/05, Fiona & Craig Rumble wrote:?
Hi all just thought I'd throw in my 5 cents worth on the sleeping in the day subject.
My first child refused to sleep during the day at all, unless I was wearing her in a sling (or we were at a NMAA meeting when she would make a liar of me and blissfully sleep in the capsule). When I became pregnant with no. 2 when 1st was 1 year I thought I was in trouble as I needed a nap! Luckily at 14 months she decided a daytime sleep would be OK!
I am a firm believer that the better a child sleeps during the day, the better they sleep at night, and have never personally known an occasion when keeping a child from having a sleep during the day helped them to sleep at night. Child just gets over-tired and harder to get to sleep.
The least stress is the best, so stay calm and enjoy your little ones. Soon they are all growed up and hard to get to go to bed and even harder to get out of bed!
Cheers Fiona
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