Madcaljan21’s Blog

There are few days when I would feel , when am I going to sleep for 8 hours at a stretch. This is because fo my daughter. From the first day of her birth , till almost up to 1 year, she used to wake up every now and then. Sometimes she will cry at night, sometimes she will just be awake. But in any case we will not be able to sleep. This is the common symptoms with most of the kids born during night time. I got lot of advice from my friends, relatives and doctors. The list goes like this ” Don’t feed her at the middle of the night, this will create a time schedule for the babies and they will be expecting lot of food during night”. I could not follow this as I will not be able to sleep , when my child is crying with hunger. So this is ruled out.

The next advice was ” Bathe the baby at night, this will increase their blood circulation and will have a soothing feeling, this will help them to sleep well”. I could not follow this too, as my Mother in law and my mother were against me bathing baby at night. They were shocked when I said I need to bathe her to make her sleep as if I’m committing a big mistake. So this is also ruled out.

The next point was ” Do not allow baby to sleep during the day, so that they will sleep at night”. My daughter is very shrewed in this, during day, how much ever you shake her, put cold water on her eyes, shout with loud voice , she will never move. But at night, even when I whisper, she will look at me as if I’m saying the most important things to her. so this is also ruled out.

Similarly I got so many advice , but nothing worked out. Only after 1 year she started sleeping on her own for atleast 5 hours, even then only 5 hours.  So I’m waiting for the day when I can sleep for 8 hours.