We kept waiting for “it gets better”…
We kept waiting for “it gets better” when it came to sleep, but “it” never happened. We were exhausted from the multiple night wakings that were happening every 30m to 2hrs throughout the night. As a result, we resorted to bed-sharing to give us all a better chance of getting rest. However, bed-sharing became a challenge because our baby was attached to the breast the whole night and, eventually, it seemed as if baby was no longer getting good rest. Finally, at 4 months, we decided to move forward with doing sleep training. We started with using a combination of a gradual cry-it-out (checking-in every 3m) and our soothing strategies (nursing or rocking to sleep). We not only got the WORST nights of sleep, but the gradual cry-it-out method never made sense to us — why gradually increase the amount of time (3m, 5m, 10m) if baby doesn’t know how to cope? We were desperate for a solution to getting sleep during the night. Thankfully, we found Batelle! We started in Batelle Babies (at 4 months) which helped us establish a sleep foundation for baby, but it was not until we joined Batelle Sleep School (at 6 months) that we finally started sleeping through the night. We were surprised that their method worked! We are very thankful to the The Batelle Team, who were all very friendly and supportive throughout the ups and downs of this journey.