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Babies – the official regulators of parental smugness

May 19, 2010 in Babies, Parenting, Uncategorized, Working mums by jo.middleton

“I hate to say it, but he’s sleeping really well…” – Lesson number one – don’t say it! Today Helen reminds us all of some golden parenting rules…

What an idiot I am.  I said OUT LOUD that my baby was sleeping really well.  You would think I would have learned now that I am on baby number three, that babies have supersonic hearing and a total understanding of the English language, from birth.  And that they are the world regulators when it comes to anyone – especially their parents – being smug in any way, shape or form.

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How we taught our baby to sleep through the night

April 1, 2010 in Babies, Parenting by jo.middleton

Sleepless nights – the ultimate badge of parenthood. When you first become pregnant it’s what all your friends with children will warn you about, but until you’ve experience weeks or months of sleep deprivation you just can’t imagine how exhausted and vulnerable it will leave you feeling.

For many parents, there comes a point where you just can’t take it anymore. Today Liz Jarvis talks about that breaking point, and how she used sleep training to help her family get some much needed rest. Mum and journalist Liz blogs at LivingwithKids on behalf of KidStart.

Remember that episode of Friends? The one where they’re all trying to get Emma to sleep but she just keeps crying?

Well for the first nine months of No 1 son’s life, we had the same problem. He just wouldn’t  go to sleep – at least, not when we needed him to, ie at night.

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