Exactly

Truth!!!  Frustrated Mom's Hilarious take on Conflicting Sleep Advice From:  http://starcrossedkayla.tumblr.com/post/48462427854/i-went-on-amazon-and-bought-all-the-top-books-on

You shouldn’t sleep train at all, before a year, before 6 months, or before 4 months, but if you wait too late, your baby will never be able to sleep without you. (...) Naps should only be taken in the bed, never in a swing, carseat, stroller, or when worn. Letting them sleep in the carseat or swing will damage their skulls. If your baby has trouble falling asleep in the bed, put them in a swing, carseat, stroller, or wear them.

Put the baby in a nursery, bed in your room, in your bed. Cosleeping is the best way to get sleep, except that it can kill your baby, so never, ever do it. If your baby doesn’t die, you will need to bedshare until college.

Use the same cues as night: cut lights, keep the house quiet and still. Differentiate naps from nightly sleep by leaving the lights on and making a regular amount of noise. Keep the room warm, but not too warm. Swaddle the baby tightly, but not too tightly. Put them on their back to sleep, but don’t let them be on their backs too long or they will be developmentally delayed. Give them a pacifier to reduce SIDS. Be careful about pacifiers because they can cause nursing problems and stop your baby from sleeping soundly. If your baby sleeps too soundly, they’ll die of SIDS.

Don’t let your baby sleep too long, except when they’ve been napping too much, then you should wake them. Never wake a sleeping baby. Any baby problem can be solved by putting them to bed earlier, even if they are waking up too early. If your baby wakes up too early, put them to bed later or cut out a nap. Don’t let them nap after 5 pm. Sleep begets sleep, so try to get your child to sleep as much as possible. Put the baby to bed awake but drowsy. Don’t wake the baby if it fell asleep while nursing.

Using CIO (cry it out) will make them think they’ve been abandoned and will be eaten by a lion shortly. It also causes brain damage. Not getting enough sleep will cause behavior and mental problems, so be sure to put them to sleep by any means necessary, especially CIO, which is the most effective form. Extinction CIO is cruel beyond belief and the only thing that truly works because parents are a distraction. The Sleep Lady Shuffle and Ferber method are really CIO in disguise or Controlled Crying and so much better than Extinction. All three of these will prevent your child from ever bonding with you in a healthy way. Bedsharing and gentler forms of settling will cause your child to become too dependent on you.

Topping the baby off before bed will help prevent night wakings. When babies wake at night, it isn’t because they are hungry. Be wary of night feeds. If you respond too quickly with food or comfort, your baby is manipulating you. Babies can’t manipulate. Babies older than six months can manipulate.
Sleep when the baby sleeps. Clean when the baby cleans. Don’t worry. Stress causes your baby stress and a stressed baby won’t sleep.




I think that about sums it up.  

Point being: screw the experts.  Do what works for you.   If it doesn't work...try something else.   and Never. NEVER tell anyone what you do...because you will be judged.   Harshly.  

:)  

and then...

And then one night you'll put him to bed, awake.  Because that's what the experts say.  Put him to bed so he'll fall asleep and wake up in the same place.  It works.  Trust us.  He'll soothe himself better in the middle of the night.  He'll stop waking up in the night.   And if he does wake up, he'll be able to put himself back to sleep, without you even hearing him.  It's proven.  Just trust us!   And you will.  So you'll put him to bed and let him whine.  He'll whine and cry.  And whine some more.  He'll talk.  He'll bang his feet on the side of the crib.  He'll cry some more.  So you'll cave and go to check on him.  Just a peek, you'll say.  So you'll sneak to his room.  Breaking out all your best ninja moves, you'll ever so carefully peek into his room...

To find a baby... ever so casually...  Standing (!) up in the corner of his crib.  Watching you.  Of course he'll have seen your 2 out of place hairs and half of eyeball that peeked around the corner.  He'll stop crying and look as if to say, "It's about time!".  Then before you're even 100% sure you've been spotted,   he'll reach out his arms for you to pick him up.  And because he's a forgiving baby and not one to hold a grudge...He'll let you make it up to him by rocking him lovingly until he falls asleep, ever so peacefully, in your arms.    


Sweet Dreams, Sweet Pea.  See you in a couple hours...