Wow - What a week.

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   We've had an amazing week.  After having ongoing sleep problems with Blair on and off (more on than off) from an early age, and despite trying a couple of things, I was lucky enough to be admitted to the Mothercraft Unit here in Hamilton.

I knew going in that it was going to be challenging, especially with the knowledge that we would be doing things way different from how we had been, but also differently from the way that I wanted to do things.

We left home with me having had 90 minutes sleep between 6.30 and 8am, and were shown to our room, and asked a couple of questions about what had already happened that morning, and then left to fill out forms while Blair had a play.  

All too soon, the dreaded time came, and after having a naked weigh Blair was put down for a morning sleep, his first ever in a saftey sleep.  The second he was put into the cot, he started protesting.  I felt so mean, and all I could do was to stroke his head, tell him it was the best thing and then I left the room with tears pouring down my face, here was my baby crying and screaming and all I wanted to do was to scoop him up and comfort him.  I walked down the hallway with his cries echoing in my ears, and my heart, and headed far enough away to not hear him and allow the staff to attend to him if need be.  

I was surprised when I was given the ok to go get him 3 hours after we had put him down.  Bravo, he had had at least 2 hours of sleep.  Later that day, he way put down for another sleep, and my biggest thought was what do I do with myself and this time on my hands.  For so long I had spent most of my day trying to get him to sleep, fed, playing, entertained, and happy, and trying to get some housework done inbetween.

That night Blair and I spent our first night in seperate rooms (we were in the process of getting him into his own room before we went in)  We both woke several times during the night, and for the first time I wasn't the one having to get up to him.  

As the days wore on, it seemed to get easier, and unbelievably I slept from 11.15 to 6.15 on the second night uninteruppted, my longest stretch in such a long time.  Blair did have a couple of grumpy patches yesterday, and last night realised that he had the sniffles, which may have attributed to his grumpiness.  He was to be weighed again after breakfast, and to my surprise had only gained 45g in the week, that being said he did throw up half his breakfast and had a dirty nappy prior to his weigh.  He also dropped the number of feeds and because he is more active with his crawling being more confident.

I can hardly believe that my wee man has had 2 day sleeps all this week, and has had some decent night sleeps at a decent hour.  

Was it worth the heartache, the tears, and mental struggle, in my opinion, this was the right place for me to get help with Blair and his sleep, whilst providing me with support from the staff - and the other Mums there in the process.  Big thanks are going there way

Edited by MonicaMouse