Praise The Sleep Gods And Pass The Cookies
OH SWEET LORD HE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
(please gods don’t smite me for celebrating this. please please please and thank you.)
Posted by Her Bad Mother on December 3, 2009
Filed under: her bad crazies, jasper, sleep
Tags: sleep, sleep training, the gods
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Dec 3, 2009
SO JEALOUS
Saisquoi´s last blog ..Sweet Pea for my Sweet Pea
Dec 3, 2009
WOOT!
Annie @ PhD in Parenting´s last blog ..Baby smothered on airplane: Is breastfeeding to blame?
Dec 3, 2009
Yay! here’s hoping for two in a row!
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am
hoping, praying, making sacrifices, the usual.
Dec 3, 2009
Holy Earth Mother. And glory hallelujah!!!!
(Besides the cookies, did you remember to sleep through the night too???)
TeacherMommy´s last blog ..There’s a Reason I Listen to Alanis Morissette. And It’s Not Because of Her Stellar Fashion Choices.
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 am
No, I didn’t, actually, because I’m so accustomed to waking. But! BUT! If this continues… (oh god let it continue)
Dec 3, 2009
Yea!
Dec 3, 2009
My heart is rejoicing with you because, woman, my one-month-old slept 4 hours straight last night! 4 hours!!!! That’s the most I’ve slept since October.
My braaaaiiiinnnn is aliiive with the sound of… well, the lack of the sound of the usual demons that sneak in on the Sleep Deprivation Train.
Amen. I hear you. No one will die today.
Dec 3, 2009
Awesome. Hope he keeps it up!
Dec 3, 2009
Did you have the urge to go in and see if he was still breathing?? OMG.
Congrats.
the new girl´s last blog ..Two Months.
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 am
I did. I lay awake most of the night stressing about it. WHY WASN’T HE WAKING. But still: BABY STEPS.
Dec 3, 2009
Woo hoo!! Now THAT is something to celebrate!
CJ´s last blog ..December? Already?
Dec 3, 2009
oh snap. i wondered how such simple things as sleeping a full night become so valuable before knocking up my wife so many times…
now id take sleep over sex or money or a new car or cool gadgets or even food.
congrats
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Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
thank you, and word. sleep is worth its weight in platinum.
Dec 3, 2009
How awesome for you, and have no fear even if it doesn’t happen 2 nights in a row (but I’m sure it will!) the good news is, once it happens once usually it will start happening more frequently till it is a regular thing. In my experience anyway! GOOD LUCK
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
yeah, well, as it didn’t happen two nights in a row, I’m now banking on this!
Dec 3, 2009
WOOT!
liz´s last blog ..Actual office-type full-size RubberMade wastebasket in the car
Dec 3, 2009
In your bed or his? Not that it matters – just curious.
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Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am
It does matter! IN HIS OWN BED.
Dec 3, 2009
Congratulations!!! and here’s to hoping the internet doesn’t jinx it.
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I am knocking on all kinds of wood, believe me.
Dec 3, 2009
So happy for you. I remember when Mini Me actually slept the whole night and I was able to actually function like a normal person. Well, as normal as you can be with three kids and one lone braincell. And really, it is so amazing what the brain is able to do with just a little bit of sleep. Maybe, just maybe, if you bribe the sleep gods with say cookies…or wine…there will be a repeat tonight. Sending lots of sleepy nighttime thoughts your way.
Christine ´s last blog ..A Not So Quiet Weekend
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
If they’ll accept wine – drunk by me – as a bribe, then i’m all over it
Dec 3, 2009
Hooray! Sharing your joy!
Dec 3, 2009
Woo hoo! That is MAJOR cause to celebrate–especially considering the full moon. Is your coffee spiked this morning?
I was wondering, just last night at 3am, if my kiddo is ever going to do the same. I have a theory about “things that rhyme with minx” but I won’t share them here since it doesn’t bode in your favor. But I’m celebrating for you as I down my third cup of coffee!
Mama Mary´s last blog ..too close a call for mama
Dec 3, 2009
Hooray! Congratulations! Even if it doesn’t happen again tonight, I bet it won’t be long before it becomes the new normal.
Thought of you in the wee hours as we are currently re-training our 2 year-old to sleep through the night. Champion sleeper suddenly finds bedtime inacceptable and that 4:45am is a good time to wake up. Huh? Wha? Working on breaking this cycle ASAP as my kiddo is as stubborn as they come. So far doing OK thanks to good earplugs. And a plan that husband and I both agree on.
Anyway, good for you guys. Next step: Mama gets some sleep, too!
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Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
EARPLUGS *taking notes*…
Dec 3, 2009
I hope you praised him well this morning!! What a good boy! What a big boy!
Congrats!
Dec 3, 2009
Teeny high fives for Jasper!
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Dec 3, 2009
I’m so glad.
Dec 3, 2009
KNOCK ON WOOD!!!
Dec 3, 2009
Wooot woot wooooooot!!!
Eliza´s last blog ..Sun enters Capricorn aka Winter Solstice 2009
Dec 3, 2009
Oh, Sweet Jesus! You shall have hairs left on your head! I can see it now – tonight you will be trooping around the house in your bathrobe, holding a glass of wine and humming “Mr. Sandman” with a giddy look on your face!
Dec 3, 2009
I just cannot express how happy I am that you got a peaceful night (I hope YOU slept all night long too!) My heart (and scalp) have been sching in sympathy for you.
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Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I didn’t sleep – too accustomed to being up all night. But! I have high hopes!
Dec 3, 2009
WAHOOOOOOOO
kdiddy´s last blog ..this is why we can’t have nice things
Dec 3, 2009
YEEEESSSSSSSSSS!
(does fist pump)
How AWESOME!
daysgoby´s last blog ..toy giveaway
Dec 3, 2009
Hip Hip Hooray as we say in dear old England. Here’s to many more like that.
Alison´s last blog ..Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (with apologies to David Sedaris)
Dec 3, 2009
Shhhhhhh! Do not let him hear us celebrating!
It’s a step. If it doesn’t happen tonight, it’s not failure. We know now that he can do it.
Try to remember this when he’s a surly teen who wants to sleep/hang around in his own darkened room at all times he’s not actively forced to come out into the light.
Her Bad Mother Reply:
December 4th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Clinging to this. CLINGING TO THIS.
Dec 3, 2009
Um congrats. Said really quietly and about nothing in particular, just in case.
Issa´s last blog ..The ever popular: ask Issa
Dec 3, 2009
When my daughter finally (FINALLY!) started sleeping all night occasionally at around 14 months, I would do a song and dance routine with her each morning she slept through. I’d scoop her up and do a little dance and sing:
Phoebe slept all night long
Phoebe slept all night long
Everyone’s so happy
‘Cause Phoebe slept all night long!
I totally understand the jubilation you feel today.
Dec 3, 2009
The best thing about this? Is that you know he CAN do it. So if you ever decide to try again to break him of his hair fetish, you know he CAN do it. Not that you will decide that, but knowing that our son COULD sleep through the night gave me a certain amount of confidence when we sleep trained him (who is now 6.5 and sleeps beautifully). He had done it before and I knew he could do it again. And he did. It about killed me, but after 9 mos of sleep deprivation and PPD, I was about to literally lose my mind, so we went the sleep training route. I was lucky that it worked with him. I am rambling.
And yes, it will take time for you to be able to sleep through the night. Ambien worked for me with less hangover than Ativan gave me.
Dec 3, 2009
Also pass the champagne. Then give your hair a nice, rewarding conditioning treatment.
Kate@And Then I Was a Mom´s last blog ..See? I am TELLING you something.
Dec 3, 2009
Isn’t it just the BEST?? I’m whispering so the sleep gods don’t hear me
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Dec 3, 2009
Calms Forte? for the future…?
Dec 3, 2009
Woo hoo! Praise Jesus and thank the Lord and all that!
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Dec 4, 2009
I’m so jealous. My little guy’s TWO, and he still doesn’t sleep through the night…. But, congrats!
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Dec 4, 2009
Congratulations!! Sleep is a wonderful wonderful thing.
Dec 4, 2009
I hope this becomes a habit!
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Dec 4, 2009
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