An Open Letter to Dr. Ferber

Dear Dr. Ferber,

I think I love you. My husband and I have been employing your controversial fabulous methods for sleep training our infant for the past week. The first night was hard, no - not just hard, but nearly impossible. None of us slept. Listening to the crying  ALL NIGHT LONG was heartbreaking but we kept to the schedule. We did not break - even at 3 a.m.. We somehow got through it. The next night was better and so was the next.

Now, it has been a week and the Notorious MRA is nearly sleeping though the night! I say nearly - what I mean is, he still gets up and fusses but he usually settles himself and falls back to sleep without us having to go in his room. Every once in a while, though, we will have to go in but even on these occasions, we merely hand him his favorite bear and walk out. Of course, Jonathan and I both still wake up periodically and check the video monitor to make sure he is alright make us feel better.

Dr. Ferber, you have given us our nights back. We are all so much happier, so much more alert, so much less likely to snap at any given moment. It may take some time for us to catch up on more than 5 months of sleep deprivation but I think we are on our way.

Fate has a funny way of kicking my ass so I am not going to say we are in the clear just yet but we are hopeful, so hopeful.

Sincerely,
Aslightlylessexhaustednewmom