My son Nathan now goes to bed at 10:00 every night and most
nights he sleeps all night long, which is a blessing since this has not always
been the case. So, you might ask me,
“How did I accomplish this great feat”?
Trust me when I say, it was not easy!
How
After months of trying to get Nathan to sleep in his own bed
and to sleep all night, I sought the advice of many mom’s thinking they might
have the solution! Needless to say, I
received a ton of advice, and many suggestions, but the problem with that was I
had to try them all! I put the
suggestions in order from the easy & comfortable to the ones I labeled,
this person is crazy & I am NOT trying this with my child! Wow, was I mistaken!
No More
After months of no sleep, I did the unthinkable, the one
thing I did NOT want to do. I ignored
Nathan. I ignored my child! Well, guess what? It worked and in the process of testing this
theory, I learned how to differentiate between the hunger; pain; wet diaper,
and even sleepy cries. This was not
easy, allowing him to cry; nor was it easy listening to it every 2 hours (yes,
he did continue to wake up), but I quickly learned to do what I now call my ‘Nathan
Check’. The Nathan Check is 1) check
diaper 2) check blanket and 3) check cup.
During the testing phase, he was almost always good. Now that he is sleeping through the night, we
don’t have those issues, but when he is awake and I hear him cry, the Nathan
Check is still a good test to see what’s wrong.
I highly recommend it!
