http://www.kidsinvictoria.com/blog/2009/12/positive-bedtime-is-like-money-in-the-bank/ Soon to be home of local mommy bloggers! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.kidsinvictoria.com/blog/2009/12/positive-bedtime-is-like-money-in-the-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Jessica Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:49:54 +0000 http://www.kidsinvictoria.com/blog/?p=613#comment-90 We had a similar experience with crying it out. I did it because everyone around me said it was the only way and that it would work, well guess what- it didn't! I much prefer our routine now that involves no crying. Once I read Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution I was sold! Her book is wonderful and there should be more out there as alternatives to parents like us who can not bear to hear our little ones cry!! We had a similar experience with crying it out. I did it because everyone around me said it was the only way and that it would work, well guess what- it didn’t! I much prefer our routine now that involves no crying. Once I read Elizabeth Pantley’s No Cry Sleep Solution I was sold! Her book is wonderful and there should be more out there as alternatives to parents like us who can not bear to hear our little ones cry!!

]]> http://www.kidsinvictoria.com/blog/2009/12/positive-bedtime-is-like-money-in-the-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-84 babylovesbooks Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:57:41 +0000 http://www.kidsinvictoria.com/blog/?p=613#comment-84 Hi! I chanced upon this blog and find your bedtime routine to be so similar to the one in our household. We come from a country and culture where it is quite common for babies and older kids to sleep with their parents. But since we live in the US, we were influenced initially by all these "sleep techniques" that encourage us to allow our baby to fall asleep on her own. I wouldn't say it didn't work at all - it did. But there was too much crying and heartache involved. Why would I want to turn off the lights, shut the door, say Good night and leave my baby to cry herself to sleep? It felt horrible. But the books kept telling me it was the right thing to do...that I was helping her become independent. I'm not so sure...anyway, at one stage, I just couldn't do this anymore and like generations of parents before me had done - we brought our baby into our bed. We do something very similar - say our prayers with her, help her get dressed, talk ro her, tell or read stories with her and then I sing a soft lullaby while stroking her hair or patting her back...sometimes I make up a lullaby with her name...and then...just like that, she drifts into sleep..peacefully. I can't imagine a healthier sleep ritual recommended by any sleep expert! Thank you for sharing this experience on your blog. Hi! I chanced upon this blog and find your bedtime routine to be so similar to the one in our household. We come from a country and culture where it is quite common for babies and older kids to sleep with their parents. But since we live in the US, we were influenced initially by all these “sleep techniques” that encourage us to allow our baby to fall asleep on her own. I wouldn’t say it didn’t work at all – it did. But there was too much crying and heartache involved. Why would I want to turn off the lights, shut the door, say Good night and leave my baby to cry herself to sleep? It felt horrible. But the books kept telling me it was the right thing to do…that I was helping her become independent. I’m not so sure…anyway, at one stage, I just couldn’t do this anymore and like generations of parents before me had done – we brought our baby into our bed. We do something very similar – say our prayers with her, help her get dressed, talk ro her, tell or read stories with her and then I sing a soft lullaby while stroking her hair or patting her back…sometimes I make up a lullaby with her name…and then…just like that, she drifts into sleep..peacefully. I can’t imagine a healthier sleep ritual recommended by any sleep expert! Thank you for sharing this experience on your blog.

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