Hi there! I used EASY with my 1st son (now 16 months old) and even though I've done it before I feel like I don't remember how I did it! So I just wanted to get some pointers to refresh my memory. Thaks for al your help! I feel like I don't even know where to start. I wanted to do EASY from the begining, but it never happened on its own (surprise!) and now 4 weeks later I know I have fallen into some AP traps. I don't have times - I started writing this stuff down, but with a toddler running around I've gotten out of it and ned to start again - but this is the general idea:
We get up in the morning around 7. DS2 usually stays awake until DS1 goes down for his nap, usually 10 or 11. I , know this is way too long for him to be awake, but I can't get him to sleep during this time. I don't know if it's too loud or if because DS1 is up I don't have the resources to get him to sleep, but I can usually get him to sleep soon after DS1. Sometimes he naps better in the afternoon, sometimes he doesn't. Today he only slept 1/2 hour in the car between 1 and 6. He was sooo tired and fussy but I just could not get him to fall asleep. Once DS1 went to bed DH and I got him to sleep and he woke up twice before we got him to sleep for good the 3rd time. I wonder if reflux is an issue and plan on talking to the ped. at his checkup on Friday. I know there are times when he's tired but I feed (he's BF) him because that's the only thing that will get him to stop crying and the only way I can get him to sleep. I hate it becaue I know I'm not doing the right thing, but I don't know what else to do.
I usually end up nursing him to sleep, which is not what I planned on doing, it's just that I usually can't get him to sleep and end up doing that because it's the only thing that will work. I plan on starting shh/pat this Saurday since I will have a 3 day stretch with DH home to help with DS1. That's another issue.
So my big problems with not knowing where to start are:
1. Can't get him to sleep when he's tired
2. Multiple feeds during A time since it's so long and many times that's all that will calm him (trying not use paci)
3. Nursing to sleep
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!