And Cododo is the practice whereby babies/toddlers and parents sleep together in the same bed. It is a very cosy practice, but can be really dangerous so we have never done it (mainly because had we done it I would have had a sleepless night to make sure Logan wasn't being smothered). That is, until a couple of weeks ago.
Logan is a really good sleeper (we are very lucky). He goes to bed at 8 pm at the latest, is asleep by 8.30 pm at the latest, and sleeps through to around 7 am. So when he wakes up in the middle of the night, something's wrong. It is horrible when he cries at night and I don't know what's wrong with him. It is usually teething, or so we think becuaae he can't tell us. His dad and I take turns to pick him up, hold him against us (all 11 kg - it's quite heavy), soothe him, give him some Calpol and/or tooth gel and nothing works, everytime we put him back down he cries again. When such nights happen, all 3 of us are kept awake for about 3 hours. Plus I've found I'm too small for him now, he can't get comfy in my arms if I'm standing.
It does help him when he's in our arms though, so we started changing our handling of the situation. We don't hold him for 5-10 minutes, put him back down, he cries, we let him cry for a bit, he's still not settling, so we have to go back, pick him up again etc... anymore. We now go to him, give him Calpol and tooth gel straight away, and then one of us will stay with him, lie down with him on the sofa that's in his bedroom (used to be the spare room!) and have an hour or so of "Cododo" with him. It is a much better position for us: lying on our back with Logan on top of us, as opposed to standing up carrying all 11 kgs of him. And it's been working so far: after that cosy-up time, he goes back in his cot and that's him for the rest of the night.
Only one week till the holidays!!
