September 2008

Sleep deprivation

When I am sleep deprived I feel like a giant vacuum cleaner has sucked the air out of my immediate horizon, flattening it and taking the colour right with it too. Sleep deprivation makes me stop returning phone calls, increasing my loneliness. When I am chronically tired  – so tired that I want to run [...]

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Sleep training: Part Two

When sleep training doesn’t work you feel like a failure as a parent. I mean how difficult can it be to get a baby to sleep, right? When you’re sleep training, everyone else seems to be going about their business with sleeping babies in tow or, more importantly, going about their business with sleeping babies [...]

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Baby sleep and sleep training: Part One

Edward is now an irresistible five months old. I adore everything about him. From his shy smile to his chilled personality to his feisty boob-bashing hand, he is already the minature version of his adult self. Or at least that’s what I like to imagine, because he is so perfect. Right from the word go [...]

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