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[quote=Anonymous]My son has never really been a good sleeper. We have yet to get to a point where we are confident that he is going to sleep through the night. I do however see a pattern that gives me some hope. From my perspective when mom is waking up in the middle of the night to help the boy when he wakes up crying, the wakeups are longer and more frequent.  But when dad wakes up to help him the wakeups are shorter and less frequent.  Dad has been waking up with him over about the last month and He's been sleeping through the night more often, waking up later in the morning (generally).  Over the past year or so, We have switched Who does the night shift, With similar results.

[  I have a few theories as to why this is:
A. Mom had a tendency to give him what he wanted.  Toward the end of her last night shift, It would be several of those baby food pouches throughout the night. Dad does rely on 1 small cup of milk most nights.
B. He just likes Mom better and wants cuddles at night.  While the wakeups were more frequent and longer he would typically be calmer than with dad.
]

This leads me to my dilemma. While dad  Seems to making progress "on paper", Each wake up begins with at least a few minutes of crying and screaming for mom. In general I find the whole situation very tolerable,But I worry about what we are doing ( if anything ) to the boy.
 Any thoughts on that?

Should we periodically rotate between mom and dad To give him his mom "fix"?   Or do we  Continue to believe that we are making progress and just stick with dad?

Thanks!

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