Saved on the brink of disaster
My husband (75 years old) and I (68 ) have been raising our granddaughter from birth. She just turned one in late August. She was born on fentanyl. Until she was about ten months old, taking turns sleeping with her worked fairly well. Maybe because of teething, she eventually started waking and crying every 10-30 minutes throughout the night. We gave her up to six little bottles a night. Our ability to be kind and considerate to each other dwindled. It was pretty unbearable. I had read about the Batelle school and we finally signed up around mid August. I actually couldn’t imagine our baby falling asleep in her crib or staying there all night. The Batelle group was kind, non judgmental, extremely organized and professional. As a psychiatrist of many decades I was very impressed. While we dreaded the further stress that making changes would bring, it wasn’t so difficult after all. In 2-3 weeks our granddaughter was sleeping through the night in her crib in her bedroom by herself. She falls asleep within a few minutes. Sometimes she smiles at her grandpa for a second before falling asleep. We love our Batelle team so much!!! You truly saved us.