Sleep School
One of the most trying times at this stage seems to be bed time. Invariably this is accompanied by crying, waling and screaming, as if the cot was a cage and the mattress a sea of snakes. After ringing around (and probably some pleading), we managed to get a day set for sleep school.
Off we all went one Friday morning, in search of peace and harmony. One of the first things we found out was that that middle-of-the-night feed was no longer required. Pheew! Secondly, during the day he should only be up for no more than about 2½ hours, not 4 or 5! In fact they advocated a feed, play, sleep cycle of just 4 hours (total) during the day.
That night we were blessed with a whole nights sleep (from Josh) – we on the other hand were so shocked that we were up, checking on him, more than usual. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come.