We actually saw a sleep specialist for my 2.5 year old son who hasn't slept through the night more than say 5 times since he's been born. Yes that's right only 5 times in 2.5 years!! He would come to our bed every night between 10-12 and move around so much we never got a good night's rest...until recently. After a week of sleep training him he finally slept through the night! It was a week of hell and very little sleep but we are very hopeful and optimistic that this training will do the trick.
Surprisingly enough our little baby girl that's only 7 months old sleeps pretty well but still wakes up occasionally at night. We put her in the crib around 6:30 pm and at first she would cry for 30 minutes but after a week it's down to only 10 minutes of crying. It's very hard to hear your baby crying but I keep telling myself, "It's the best thing for the family!" You never know how important a good night's sleep is until you don't have it. Everyone tells you about the lack of sleep when you have kids but I could never imagine what it was like until I had my own kids!
Please share your sleep training stories or just sleep issues in general....
