tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post1700841097593161595..comments2024-03-28T02:06:49.582+00:00Comments on In this life: Bad GrannyPam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-85385999336076943092013-12-23T03:22:55.005+00:002013-12-23T03:22:55.005+00:00Now that is a wonderful Christmas present to the p...Now that is a wonderful Christmas present to the parents AND the baby- the gift of sleep! Well done you.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-41888926110663148542013-12-23T01:57:14.336+00:002013-12-23T01:57:14.336+00:00Good for Granny. You obviously have true talent, p...Good for Granny. You obviously have true talent, plus experience. persiflagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161607100227748374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-16332625290155682422013-12-22T21:13:28.888+00:002013-12-22T21:13:28.888+00:00Oh I remember this. Two years of it. In the end on...Oh I remember this. Two years of it. In the end one of the books we consulted came up with a method we could work with and success followed. The trauma was all ours! Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-79319355402135964342013-12-22T20:45:27.154+00:002013-12-22T20:45:27.154+00:00I don't miss the time when my children were ba...I don't miss the time when my children were babies.....didn't cope with sleep deprivation at all well. Still don't.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461697058136548513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-59580419149343913842013-12-22T18:27:05.485+00:002013-12-22T18:27:05.485+00:00This is always a difficult balancing act: concern ...This is always a difficult balancing act: concern that the child is experiencing some fear or upset which can't be articulated; the possibility that this is a ploy for 'attention' which needs to be gently/firmly quelled--and then there is the inevitable weariness and exasperation that happens because the rest of the family is becoming seriously sleep deprived.<br />We are a family of 'night owls' by inclination, but work schedules through the years usually demanded reasonable hours. Our daughter was perhaps 10 or 11 before we got the message across, 'If you aren't sleepy, fine, but the rest of us have to sleep at night, so BE QUIET!' <br />I think that the earlier a child can be gently persuaded or trained to the family schedule the better for all--but it is not a comfortable phase to get through!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-41170907296450531832013-12-22T17:50:04.314+00:002013-12-22T17:50:04.314+00:00Oh yes, I wish you luck....and a very happy Christ...Oh yes, I wish you luck....and a very happy Christmas to you all.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.com