Sleep log

   The time has come. I need to have a better night sleep. Fae Fae is 13 months old and having her wake multiple times at night for long leisurely feeds is getting a little old to say the least.
    I have turned back to tried and tested , Elizabeth Pantley- The No-Cry Sleep Solution. The Toddler version  was a ray of light when I was struggling with Ashley and she seemed to be the sole voice of reason in a tidal wave of 'advice' from 'experts'.



If, like me, crying-it-out is not an option, but you dont fancy waking up 8 times in an 8 hour stretch, then she is the woman for you. She is breastfeeding and co-sleeping friendly and lays out several workable strategies that you can pick and choose from with the aim of achieving that magical thing- to sleep through the night. Note that the medical definition of this is to sleep for 5 (is that too much to ask for) consecutive hours. So I wont be expecting that mythical 7 'til 7 dream. Not straight away anyway.

Time to stake through the heart of Zombie-Karli and resurrect the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Karli. 

So we did a sleep log last night. Click through to see what it looked like...

Bedtime 6.30		Lights out 7.00		Asleep 7.10	Mood/method/time taken Cried, 5 mins, bounced,  to shoulder		Put down awake? Yes Repeat? No
Wake	Sleep		Time taken to settle			Reason /Mood/Method to Sleep		Time slept-
8.10	-		1 minute			Patted		1 hour
9.15	9.20		5 mins			Ashley woke her, cried, Nurse 1 side		1 h, 5 mins
11	11.05		5 mins			My bed time,Cried, nurse 2 sides,  nappy		1 h 40
11.22	11.33		11 mins			Nurse 2 sides		20 mins
2.04	2.18		14 mins			Nurse		1 h 30 m
2.37	2.48		11 mins			Nurse		20 mins
4.16	4.34		18 mins			Nurse		1h 30 m
6.22	6.33		11 mins			Nurse		1h 50 mins
7.30	Up					Nurse		1hour

Total sleep-10hours 15mins

Number of wakings-    8                                                                                             
Longest sleep-       1h 50mins

Notes- Vomitted in morning, not well

I am exhausted just looking at it. And to make things worse, Spuddy was up vomitting in the night so I was actually out of bed on three occasions not listed here. 

Maybe not the best night to start a sleep log but I did it anyway, random notes scattered by the bed in the morning, almost un-readable. Note to self- write really big tonight. Tiny scribble number to hard to decypher.

 And then this morning I decided to write it all up in a log but couldn't find a printable so I made this one above. If I had of looked on Elzabeth's website i would have found this brilliant one. Which is perfect. Sleep depivation strikes again...


Things can only improve from here. Can't they?

P.S. Ive just read this wake-up call  from the Analytical Armadillo. She rocks...