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Re: Is it okay to ignore baby when he wakes in the night?
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2008, 20:04:41 pm »
Happy 72 - so glad things are going better - thanks for posting your success!  Your actions all sound like good ones - fingers crossed that you have lots more good nights!!

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Re: Is it okay to ignore baby when he wakes in the night?
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2008, 20:11:37 pm »
I'm going to post later in reply to your post as DS# 1 wants his dinner! 

I just thought I'd post quickly when I saw your baby's birthday! 
DS# 1 (Toby's) birthday is 13th March too (2006)
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DS# 2's (Gus's) birthday is 12th March !!

So, our LO's are even closer in age than we thought - would definitely be good to continue sharing how we are getting on.  I know all LOs are different, even if the same age, but I think it could be helpful to swap how we are getting on with our night wakings!

As I said, will try and reply later.

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Re: Is it okay to ignore baby when he wakes in the night?
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2008, 20:33:45 pm »
I thought I would update again on my nights and also ask a few questions as I am still not comfortable with ignoring ds at night. Since I last posted, ds is now sleeping from around 7pm to 7am without a feed! Some nights I don't hear him wake at all, but others he does and I am really not sure I am reacting to these very well. As an example, last night he woke me at midnight having a bit of a whinge. He wasn't crying, just makes a complaining noise. I decided to leave him to see if he would resettle and the next thing I knew if was 5.30am! That's fine, but dh said that he heard ds crying at about 12.30. I am sure I would have woken if he was properly crying but feel really really bad that I just didn't wake up.

The other thing is that most mornings I hear him either complaining or babbling at 5.30am. Again I leave him and I tend to go back to sleep until 7am. Please tell me if this is okay? I think he can make a noise for quite a while.

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Re: Is it okay to ignore baby when he wakes in the night?
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2008, 21:04:01 pm »
If he needed you he really wouldn't resettle. 

DD wakes up lots over night but very rarely needs me to go into her.

Re mornings if he is happy to babble/doze then I would leave him be :)
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