Okay, maybe I'm trying to get him to nap too early. In the morning he seems tired though and it isn't too difficult to put him down. However, in the afternoon he just never seems tired, but cranky! I'll definetly try to move his nap later.
I've taken about a month to wean. I started with lunch, then snack. He had no problem with the bottle as i'd been pumping my milk and having my mil give it to him in a bottle when I went to class (I was a student). Well it seems that he decided he prefered the bottle. For the evening feed he would get fidgety and start biting so I thought maybe I didn't have enough milk. So I continued giving him the boob, then a bottle after. The morning feed was fine. Slowly I got rid of the evening feed and switched entirely to the bottle, then recently the morning feed. Honestly he doesn't seem to miss breastfeeding. I think it was time to wean as he seems happier with the bottle. He likes to hold it himself.
As far as props go. He still has a soother. I'm wondering if that isn't part of the problem. He doesn't wake up when he loses it, but maybe it disturbs his cycle? Also, when he does wake up then I do give it back to him.
As I said I had a lot of trouble getting him to go to sleep after we moved, so we started co-sleeping, then we started rocking, bouncing him to sleep and quietly putting him in his crib. For naps I would push him in his stroller. we were desperate, and I hadn't read baby whisperer yet! as soon as I did I started the pu/pd. It's been tough but at least he'll fall asleep in his bed and doesn't scream when you put him down.
