WIO
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Twenty Months, Canines and Self Settling (Sort Of)
Dear Daughter, You’ll be twenty months old next Friday (which will be Friday the 13th just like the one on which you were born.) It’s about time to write another update on your sleep. For the first half of the… Continue reading
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Wait it Out Bingo
(Created by Raleigh Briggs and shared with her permission. :)) Continue reading
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Is “Wait It Out” Really a Method?
This is a rough draft. I am publishing it as a draft for feedback from the WIO community. Is WIO really a method? Or is it just a term that I have coined to mean literally “wait until the child… Continue reading
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Tales and Sightings of the Magic Unicorn Baby (Part 1)
Month 17, Day 12 Dear Diary, Last night was no different than the rest. The darkness that engulfed me and my sensitive tracking equipment was broken only by the familiar screams of the strange yelling beast somewhere in the distance.… Continue reading
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Seventeen Months, Tear Free Night Weaning
Dear Daughter, Seventeen months. Teething. Up every 90 minutes like clockwork wanting to nurse. Nose running. Congested. Feverish. Gentle whispers “Yes, babygirl you want to nurse. We’ll nurse for a minute then you can roll over and try to go… Continue reading
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Seventeen Months, Sucky Sleep and How Progress Looks Like Regression
Dear Daughter, You’re seventeen months old. Your sleep is craptacular. I do not enjoy the night wakings at the moment. At all. I’m sleepy. I’m cranky. You’re sleepy. You’re cranky. This stage of the sleep journey feels like nothing more… Continue reading
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I Enjoy Watching Her First Steps, Her First Words, And First Attempts at Learning to Sleep
She squirms awake, fussing. Sleepy “I’m not ready to wake up” eyes meet mine and even though she’s upset that she can’t resettle herself the way she was trying, she laughs and smiles with relief to see me there and… Continue reading
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When Can a Baby Sleep Through the Night?
On the topic of when a baby “can” sleep through the night… We often hear that babies “can” sleep through the night at a certain age or a certain weight. “Can” means he can safely sleep through the night if… Continue reading
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My Mother’s Thoughts about WIO
My mom writes for a local publication back in my homestate. She just wrote this article for the week. THIS TOO SHALL PASS “Wait It Out” Back as a very young child, I clearly remember having frightening dreams which would… Continue reading