Re:Ask YC: Hacker moms & dads, what do you read?
by sanj on Monday March 03, 2008 @08:52AM
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I'll admit I didn't read the book. But I used a variant that worked spectacularly well.
It took a(very, very long) three nights to get my kid to sleep on his own. Each time he awoke and cried for me, I waited about 2 minutes, then I went to his room, comforted him and put him back to bed. And then left.
Lather, rinse, repeat every 10 minutes all night.
By the third night, he'd figured out that whenever he called, I'd show up. And then didn't feel like he needed to!
It took a(very, very long) three nights to get my kid to sleep on his own. Each time he awoke and cried for me, I waited about 2 minutes, then I went to his room, comforted him and put him back to bed. And then left.
Lather, rinse, repeat every 10 minutes all night.
By the third night, he'd figured out that whenever he called, I'd show up. And then didn't feel like he needed to!