Þá eru fyrstu 10 dagarnir komnir eftir að við byrjuðum að vinna með aðferðir Elzabeth Pantley.
Ég er á póstgrúbbu fyrir foreldra að vinna með svefn barna sinna eftir þessari aðferð og er búinn að eyða rúmlega klst að koma yfirliti yfir síðustu 10 daga niður á blað með pælingum í bréfi til þeirra. Ég ætla því bara að afrita bréfið yfir í þessa dagbók nenni ómögulega að skrifa þetta allt aftur. Þeir sem eiga í vandræðum með að lesa ensku verða þá bara að bíta í það súra :-)
Það eru samt einhver internets orð þarna og þau sem ég man eftir í fljótu bragði eru:
dh= dear husband
NCSS= No-cry sleep solution (bókin sem við erum að fara eftir)
GR= gentle removal
ég set svo bréfið sjálft í framhaldið þ.e. ýtið á "lesa alla færsluna" hér að neðan til að lesa það.

Hi
We started the NCSS 10 days ago and I wanted to go over the last 10 days with you. Sorry this is very long.
6.11.02
Naps: 10-11 am, 3-4 pm and 5:30-6 pm
Night:
Went to bed at 8:33 and was a sleep 8:52. Fell a sleep nursing but with GR.
Woke up 9:16 crying and was back to sleep 9:27
Woke up 10:28 crying and was back to sleep 10:38
Woke up 23:22 complaining and back to sleep 23:43
The rest of the night I was to tired to keep doing the log but woke up a lot during the night ( I remember 4:30 and 6:30 but that was not the only waking). I did not nurse her at every waking but when I did not she woke up again few min later.
Woke up for the day 7:38

6.21.02
Naps: 10:15-10:45 am and 1:55-2:30 It is very unusual for her to nap this bad. She will usually nap total of 3 hours in two naps.
Night:
Went to bed at 8:50 (we started to go to bed at 8 but she needed a new diaper in the end of our routine witch explains the late bed time). Fell a sleep nursing with little GR ( I forgot and she was almost asleep when I remembered it!!)
Woke up 9:35 crying and was back to sleep 9:45. She well a sleep nursing with GR.
Woke up 10:55 complaining and was back to sleep 11:10. She fell a sleep nursing with GR.
Woke up 11:30 crying and went to sleep nursing with GR. The reason for her waking up was my dh (not so dear) making comments of my bad housekeeping and him cleaning up the kitchen not very quietly!! Since I went to bed angry I forgot my paper and pen downstairs and did not want to go down again to get them!!
But the good part is since she sleeps better I am better able to remember when she woke up. She woke up every 2 hours. 1:30, 3:30,5:30 and then she was up for the day at 7:15

For the last ten days she have once sleept 4 hours in the beginning of the night and waking up 30 min after she first go down to sleep is happening less and less and she will usually sleep one hour in the beginning. Before we started she always woke up 30 min after going to bed and every 30-60 min after that. We are very happy with this first 10 days of NCSS.

What we have been doing and I would like some comment on this part if anyone is still reading :-)
Develop a bedtime routine: We did not have a bedtime routine and never have for my middle girl (my perfect sleeper) but half way in to the 10 days I started with it. Bath (if bath day), new diaper, pyjamas, tell the family still awake goodnight (usually only my 10 year old since dh is working most nights), read one book and nurse laying in bed.
Early bed time: We where already going to bed at 8-8:30 pm and we have been keeping up with that part. I usually put my toddler to bed first so I can have time to concentrate on the baby. I don't thing this is a problem for us.
Follow a flexible yet predictable daytime routine: Having a toddler and a baby makes this not a problem for us. We already have our day pretty much in a routine especially until about 2-3 pm but if we need to go out that is usually the time witch have made the second nap a problem sometimes. Going out can be a problem at my house since the baby will nap 10-11:30 and the toddler will nap 1-2:30 and the baby will nap again 3-4:30.
Introduce a Lovey: We have been doing that since starting the NCSS. We have a teddy bear and I have been trying to keep it between us when we nurse but when doing the GR she will often through it away. I have seen her sleep hugging it though since I always place it next to her after she falls a sleep.
Make night sleeping different from daytime naps: The baby naps in the stroller doing the day and is not nursed to sleep but I am walking around with the stroller. At night she sleeps on her crib mattress next to our mattress. We have taken our bed apart an know sleep on the mattress on the floor and I thing this was one thing that made us all sleep better. More space for everyone and not waking up with the noise of the bed. We took our bed apart few days in to starting the NCSS.
Develop key word as a sleep cue: I have been saying the key words at the first wakening of the night (before I go to bed).
Use music or sound as sleep cues: We have not been doing that. And I don't really like this idea for us that is. At least it will be something we will wait to try unless everything else falls :-)
Change your baby's sleep association: We have been doing the GR but I am a little worried that I am not really teaching her this. I will unlatch her and she will start to complain right away. She never open her eyes unless I wait really long. She will root for the breast and complain. After few complains and rooting I have been nursing her again for 10-60 sec depending on how relaxed she is and I wait if I have a letdown. In the end I am afraight she is to asleep to be learning this but she usually will roll on to her other side (turning her back to me) so she is not complaitly asleep. Do you thing this is enough ore do I need her to complain for longer time (she will usually not cry hard at least not right away)?
Help your baby to fall back to sleep on his own while you continue to breastfeed and co-sleep. This is what we are working at and with taking the bed apart and putting the crib mattress next to ours she is not sleeping as close to me like she used to and I thing that is helping. She used to sleep in our bed next to me.
Help your baby fall back to sleep with another person assistance: This is not an option for us right know. My dh is working 12-14 hours a day until October but if she is still not sleeping through at that time we might use this option.
Sorry for this to be so long but it at least helped me to write it down and I would appreciate a comment on it if you have any.

Gyda
Daughters:
Arora 3. June 1992
Kolla 6. January 2000
Inga Maria 16. November 2001
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