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My son Jamal is 13 months old. Since Jamal was born his sleeping pattern has been absolutely diabolical leaving me totally exhausted. I felt I had tried every trick in the book but nothing was working. Jamal would eventually fall asleep at roughly 1am every night/early morning. I would still have to wake up at 6.30am to wake up my 2 other children A mother’s diary... A bedtime routine for school. I would wake up Jamal at 7.30am to get him ready. Surprise, surprise he would end up sleeping the whole of the journey and then for the majority of the day too! I should have woken him up during the day really in a bid for a better night‘s sleep however as I worked form home this was the only opportunity I had to get any work done. The bills still need to be paid at the end of the month. As the 2013 New Year was approaching I kept telling myself I will get Jamal into a normal bedtime routine. I had tried everything except for changing my way of thinking. Changing my negative thoughts of feeling overwhelmed to ―I can do this!‖ I knew if I kept telling myself I could do this in advance it was mentally preparing me. Week 1: The first night was tough for both of us especially Jamal as he usually had the run of the house until 1am every night/morning, but not anymore. Every night from 8.30pm I bathed Jamal, put his pyjamas on and gave him some warm milk and kept repeating myself to him ―you are going to go to sleep like a good boy for mummy honey‖ with a comforting smile on my face. We would stay in the bedroom with the door a jar and the light off. I would then start to pace the room singing his favourite nursery rhyme, Twinkle, Twinkle little Star. I knew I could have been making a rod for my own back with the pacing up and down but I just could not leave him screaming in his cot. I know that works for some but this was not how I wanted it. Finally after half an hour Jamal fell asleep. I carried
out the same routine during the course of a week and all was going well. Jamal was having a 2 – 3 hour nap during the afternoon from around 1.30 onwards. This was pure bliss for me. I actually was able to wake up in the mornings refreshed, what a lovely feeling. Week 2: This was still going surprisingly well. Jamal was so much happier and so was I. I had more time for my other children as I was not so tired and ratty all the time. All it took was a change in my mind set..... Incredible, I wish I had started to do put this routine in place so much sooner rather than just ‗getting on‘ with things. Week 3: I feel I can honestly say that ―this is a mission accomplished.‖
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