My memory is fading. I read an interesting article in a magazine yesterday and halfway through it, it seemed somewhat familiar. Turns out, I had just read it a couple weeks ago and I stopped myself to see if I could remember the ending. I had no clue where it was going.

Sign me up for a study on sleep deprivation. It’s been almost 10 months without a full night’s sleep. I even had two nights to myself a couple weeks ago and I still managed to wake up twice because my body isn’t accustomed to sleeping more than three hours straight.

I caught Dr. Ferber promoting his new book last week on the Today show. I was hoping (make that praying) for a ground-breaking discovery, the final answer on how to get Saylor to sleep the entire night. I didn’t hear it, but one thing that did resonate with me: Sleep problems are rarely the result of poor parenting. (Thank you, although tired I do feel a little better now.)

But poor habits? That’s another story. We did it all wrong this time. I won’t get into the details, but you sleepless moms and dads know what they are. You think I would have been smarter the second time around, instead I was just so tired I did whatever it took to get her to sleep. Unfortunately that means she can’t fall back asleep by herself. And we’re paying for it.