Posted by emmanuel98 on February 25, 2011, at 19:23:49
In reply to Re: New research on Depressed Mom's and their babies, posted by Dinah on February 25, 2011, at 14:18:25
My daughter never fell asleep easily and woke constnanly until I put her in our bed at 6 months. I tried Ferber, but it didn't work. Every time I came into her room to reassure her (as Ferber suggests) she cried harder. She cried all night, every night for a week until I gave it up because I was falling asleep on my feet during the day. She needed physical contact. Whe she started crawling at 7 months, I got rid of her crib, put her to sleep on a futon on the floor. My husband and I got a futon on our floor and she would wake and crawl into our bed, attach herself to my breast and everyone slept well. She continued coming into our bed late at night until she was nine years old. I don't think sleeping alone is normal for small children. I read this book by Penelope something and she found that almost all US mothers said their child slept alone, but when questioned more closely, 50% said their child had slept with them the night before.
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