Rock, shush and feed for hours? Write one bedtime you can repeat every night
You rock, shush and feed for hours. It works for a bit, then the waking starts again. You are bone-tired.
Why this keeps happening
Right now there is no bedtime plan. There is only what got you through last night. Most parents come to me after months of broken sleep. The first step is to see what bedtime really looks like.
Your first days
- Tonight, note each thing you do at bedtime, in order, on your phone.
- Note the time your baby falls asleep and how it happens: rocking, shushing or feeding.
- Circle the one step that takes the longest. Just circle it. Do not change it yet.
When you feel stuck at the cot, say to yourself: tonight I am only watching, not fixing.
Do not change everything in one night.
This guide shows you what bedtime looks like now, but it cannot build your plan. In The 8 Week Bedtime Plan Programme your written bedtime plan is set up in week 1, and we adjust it together at a live session each week.
See the 8 Week Bedtime Plan Programme
A live online group with 15 seats and one live session a week. Refund within 14 days if you attended the first two sessions, used the plan, and felt the programme was not helping you.