I'm pro-Ferber, my neurosciencey wife isn't. I think the thought of Maddy crying is what's motivating her, but she argues the issue a level or two beyond me. Trying to sell her on the diluted versions at the moment. For her sake as much as anyone else's.
I know, and I feel that you can wait (have to wait) till December or January. But with both D and J, the absolutely peaceful sleep they achieved the third night, and relatively peaceful sleep of the second, was a vicarious joy. It was just such a pleasure to see them, for the first time in their lives, having the pleasure of sleeping all night.
The sense of anxiety and need that was part of their ferocious insistence on waking up when they were still terribly tired, but unable to be at peace with being at peace: to see that vanish over night was just a fantastic experience.
I am proud of having given them that, if nothing else.
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Date: 2012-10-20 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-20 09:05 pm (UTC)The sense of anxiety and need that was part of their ferocious insistence on waking up when they were still terribly tired, but unable to be at peace with being at peace: to see that vanish over night was just a fantastic experience.
I am proud of having given them that, if nothing else.