Hi All!
So, we recently started the EASY program. We started last Tuesday (it's Thursday of the next week). A bit of background...My LO is 6.5 months old and breastfed. We've had some sleeping issues. He slept in a bassinet next to our bed for the first 3 months, then started getting really angry at us. So, we coslept with him. Yup, I nursed him to sleep and then stayed there. OY!!! I know some people cosleep and it's great, but it's not for us. Because of logistics (we had a near constant stream of visitors for several months as we live far away from family and friends), we waited until now to move him. The nursery was our guest room. Not our ideal situation but the best we could do at the moment. Also, we never really had a routine per se. If he was hungry I fed him, if he was sleepy I put him down. He had a fairly natural routine for waking (6.45 - 7.15) and his sleepy time at night (7.00-7.30). His naps, though were pretty all over the place.
So... our bedtime is mostly going very well. It's been taking about 10 minutes of fussing to get him to sleep at night in his crib (with the exception of last night which was 30 minutes).
The naps, however... they are an absolute nightmare. Only once in the past week has he napped for more than 35 minutes. In fact, everyday the naps are getting shorter and shorter and shorter. Today, we had two ten minute naps. Yup, ten minutes. I know from the book that these don't even count as naps! I am sure he is overtired. In fact, I know he's terribly overtired. To get him down for a nap takes at least 35 minutes. I have tried to put him back to sleep, but that's only worked once. The rest of the time he simply cries for another 30-45 minutes (in a panic, mind you...not the mantra crying at all). So, then we just scrap the nap and move onto eating followed by activity so we can attempt a nap later in the day.
At this point, I'm not sure what to do about the naps. I know sleep begets sleep. I know that the reason his bedtime is getting more difficult is because his daytime naps are nonexistent.
Help! My DH and I are at the end of our rapidly fraying rope....