Sleeping baby revisited

I was reading this today and it totally brought me back to when Lucy was 4 months old or so and Marnie woke up one night to my sobs. You see, I could never ever nurse and sleep at the same time. I am not a heavy enough sleeper. Lucy was constantly breast feeding, all night, every night and why not the boob was right there in the bed with her. So at 4 months old or so after much sleep deprivation and the threat of a complete break down Marnie looked at me and said this is what we are going to do. She had talk to some moms at work and they had suggested it. So I went out the next day and bought the book and we "trained" Lucy to sleep. This did not come without pit falls. It didn't take a couple days, it took several weeks and much anguish. I spent several nights with the ipod going pretty loud and under much fire from some very out spoken friends, think "you are abandoning your baby," but we buckled down and did it.

For the most part Lucy is now a good sleeper. She goes down at night around 8pm, sleeps pretty much straight through until around 5 or 6. At this point she requires a little milk and a snuggle then there is more sleep until about 8am. This seems a luxury to me, especially when I hear others talk about their quest for a better sleeping kid. It is a hard road, I think perhaps one of the hardest in the first year.

Ferberizing does not come without controversy and certainly does not work for everyone, but it worked for our family. If there is one thing I have learned in the last 15 months it's that parents are constantly taking information from here and there to try to find what works best for there situation and their kid. I have no business, and in my opinion, no one else has any business, telling another patent what is best for their kid or their family.

Thanks dooce for your honesty.