So glad to see that I am not the only one who is having problems getting my lo to sleep. She used to be excellent at it, I did pat/shh with her, would put her down when I saw her eyes going and that would be that, I did the hands on her thing for a while, but then I re-read the chapter on pu/pd in the new book and realized there was more I could be doing.
I also think it doesn't help that she has had a lot go on with her in the past month. she has begun to take a bottle, has cereal, both of which are once a day at the moment. She has a new bedtime of 7pm and she is being pd a different way. She is doing good. It is just in the day, she doesn't seem to be tired after the 2hr A time like she used to. I was also reading on the pu/pd board that towards 6mths the naps should resemble 1hr and 1.5hrs with 12 hrs at night.
I know I have to wait it out, and let her adjust, but OMG, is it frustrating when i try to put her down. Today for example, she was up at 8:30am, I tried to put her down at 10:30, she finally did at 11:20. Within 1/2 hr she was WIDE awake. I tried later but she fussed in her crib, I know it wasn't crying as she smiled and kicked when I went in to reassure her. Do I keep going in when she is like that? or is it okay to leave her to mumble and what not?
Jayson is doing better, going down easier for both naps and bed, his bedtime is 7:30.
Funnt story though, he came into me this morning with a clean daiper, not on, his butt was naked. I thought Oh goodie, he is showing me his clean daiper from through the night. COMPLETELY WRONG. He had filled it through the night and took it off and gone back to sleep, instead of coming and getting a new one, so his bed was soaked this morning.
Will pop off for now, I just wanted to check in, it is son nice to see I am not the only one with sleep issues of late.
There is an upside, I put Riley down at 6:30 tonight so she would settle for her 7pm bedtime, she was out of it by 6:50pm and the only help she needed was finding a comfy position.
TA TA 4 NOW
Good work everyone