I can't imagine Dylan drinking Fernet (it's hard for me to imagine anyone drinking it, but I can understand an adult drinking it more easily than a child). It you're going to go that route, perhaps amaretto mixed in with milk - warm milk, which is supposed to induce sleep anyway.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Toddson - Apr 21, 2008 9:35:06 am PDT #5728 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 9:38:13 am PDT #5729 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My mom always swore by a red wine/breastfeeding combo, but I'm thinking that's not what you're looking for.
Heh - that would work except that he self-weaned about 6 weeks ago. Ah well, more wine for me!
Though I wouldn't turn down a Fernet either...
Prepares Fernet for Dylan
No drugging the baby! (I've been wistfully saying "Can't we just give him some Benedryl?" since the 8-9-10 month sleep regression began. It was funnier 2 months ago...)
lisah - Apr 21, 2008 9:41:56 am PDT #5730 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Two possibly more helpful comments: Earplugs. Seriously. The foam ones that come in a jar at the drugstore. You'll still be able to hear him, but they remove the alligator-brain-triggering harmonics.
Hah! My friends who are parents of an almost 2-year old gave our friends who our expecting their first in a couple weeks His and Her earplugs as a shower present.
Good luck with the sleep training, Jessica!
Miracleman - Apr 21, 2008 9:43:37 am PDT #5731 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
No drugging the baby!
Oh. Uh. Oh.
Is that...a law...?
(Actually, we did give Em some Benadryl for a plane trip a couple times. First time: Worked like a charm; little baby, out like a light.
Second time: Paradoxical reaction. Little baby, crazy like a monkey on meth.)
Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 9:45:52 am PDT #5732 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is that...a law...?
More of a guideline, really.
DavidS - Apr 21, 2008 9:47:20 am PDT #5733 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
More of a guideline, really.
Sometimes you gotta look at the big picture. Like the likelihood of your brain exploding if you don't get some sleep for three nights in a row.
hippocampus - Apr 21, 2008 9:49:39 am PDT #5734 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Good luck. May the Force be With You.
this. Sleep training didn't work one whit for us (or our neighbors). Swaddling did. Really well.
... she still gets up damn early though. and she can walk now. She showed up on Saturday morning at 3 am saying "I'm here to keep you company." She had 2 blankets, and four of her animals. Obviously, there had been planning. DH said something like "MMmmmfph. Glah guhruhuh. Feeling better Iris?" and then walked her back to bed with a sartorial talk on the responsibilities of those who can get out of bed without assistance.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 9:51:27 am PDT #5735 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Swaddling did. Really well.
Is it even possible to swaddle a 10-month old? I was never very good at it even when he was a newborn (oh hi Miracle Blanket! You saved my life!)
Ginger - Apr 21, 2008 9:52:57 am PDT #5736 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
She showed up on Saturday morning at 3 am saying "I'm here to keep you company." She had 2 blankets, and four of her animals. Obviously, there had been planning.
I would probably find this less hilarious if I had children.
Cashmere - Apr 21, 2008 9:57:17 am PDT #5737 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
We go through cyclical sleep training periods. DH does all the heavy lifting because the crying doesn't make him want to climb out of his skin the way it does me.
Good luck, Jessica. I hope it works out for you guys. It is A LOT harder to train a kid that can crawl out of bed on their own, so now may be a good time to try.
My kids are sleep freaks. Sometimes they're up at 5 a.m., sometimes, they'll sleep in until 9. I just have NO CLUE when that's going to happen.