Keeping a sleeping schedule is tough for a mom who shares her room with the baby. Especially when said mom is going through a serious bout of insomnia!
If my DD wakes up in the middle of the night, looks over, and I'm up...well its time for her to get up then! I am having the hardest time keeping her schedule straight. Between this, and the insomnia (and other problems I could write a book about)...well I'm about at the end of my rope!
I'm to the point where I'm thinking "Well if I just put a whole in the wall there, I could drag the cable and computer cords into the laundry room, and just sit on the dryer typing away..."
So I try leaving the room at night, and then she opens her eyes, sees I'm not there, and freaks out. I always hear all these great things about co-sleeping...but doesn't the mom have to actually keep the same sleeping schedule as baby for this to work? Don't answer that, I know...
I DO NOT want to take sleeping pills. I'm looking into natural remedies. I have an appt with my doctor to switch my nerve pills, and maybe see if stress is a factor. I think it may be. I have too much to do, and not enough time to do it!
I just really don't want DD developing unhealthy sleeping habits because of me. A baby her age should be sleeping 14 hours a day. 11 straight for nighttime. (that's what my ped says) I'm lucky to get her to sleep 6 hours straight at night. Then she does two naps. Her total sleep time is around 9 hours in spurts. Is this extremely not normal? Is she just following my lead?
Lets talk about sleeping schedules
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