Hi again!
1. Me and my DH decided to remove the paci once and for all and now I see it's really harder for my LO to calm down but I am confident that it's the right decision and after a week or later everything will look better.
2. I introduced a lovey a week ago - a plain muslin square but he doesn't pay any attention to it. I take it everywhere with us while playing, nursing, sleeping, etc. but he doesn't even take it or if he takes it - just throws it somewhere.
3. I significantly reduced the time I rub his head, talk, etc for naps. I even succeeded a few times to just calm him down in his cot, tell him it's time for sleep, I'll be in the other room, call if you need me and go out of the room and he fell asleep on his own. But it worked only for the morning naps. Afternoon naps - I had to come back to the room a few times and in the end he fell asleep while I am still in the room.
4. Moving in his own room
Monday afternoon his room was ready and the afternoon nap was there - he fell asleep easy but slept only 30-40 min. The mornig nap was 1 hour.
BT 6:30 pm - after BF he was awake when I put him in cot. At 7 pm he fell asleep, I was in the room but no talking and a little touching at first to settle him, after that I was just sitting next to the cot.
1) waking - 7:40pm - I just touched his head for a second and he continued sleeping immediately
2) waking - 9pm - the same, fell asleep almost immediately when I enter the room and touched his back
3) waking 10:30 pm - BF, after that there was 1 more small waking
4) waking 2:30 + BF - he cried a lot, I took him, walk in other rooms and whenever I put him in cot he cried again so I did that a few times and at 3:30 he fell asleep
5) waking - 5:30 - a lot of crying, he didn't want to come back to sleep so at 6:30 I stopped trying and BF him and the day began.
Tuesday1st nap - 9am I put him in cot but there was a lot of crying, kicking, etc. At 9:30 he fell asleep when I turned on a lullaby song but at 10am he was awake.
2nd nap - just a disaster - 1pm I put him in cot and again crying, screaming so loud, kicking legs, doesn't want to stay in cot. When I took him, it's ok and whenever I come closer to his cot, he starts crying and when I put him there he just screams loudly.1 hour I tried to sooth him but he doesn't want even to close his eyes in the cot. After that we had a doctor appointment and in the car he slept half an hour (2:30-3pm)
BT- 6pm, 6:30 he was asleep, not very hard after nursing. He waked up a few times but came back to sleep pretty easy. 10:30 pm BF. 12:30-1:45 am - again crying, screaming, we walked around and after a few tries he fell asleep in cot and then waked up + BF at 5 am. It was not easy but at 6 am he fell asleep until 7:30.
Wednesday1st nap - just a disaster - put him in cot at 10:35 but again a lot of screaming and kicking. I tried 1,5 hour but unsuccessfully. So time for eating. 11:45-12 am - BF - he was about to fall asleep while nursing so I decided to put him in cot but then the screams began again. So we were playing, he was so cheerful, I don't know how can he has so much energy.....
2pm my DH tried to put LO in cot for sleeping but same situation - when he sees his cot he starts crying.
In the end at 3:15pm we just went out for a walk. He fell asleep immediately at 3:30 in sitting position and slept for an hour.
BT 7:30pm - after nursing, put him in cot awake but he fell asleep immediately. I just could't believe.
I don't know what's happening - I expected really heavy nights - to spent a lot of time in his room, he almost not sleeping at all at night, etc but it's ok for now. And now days become awful - can't understand his attitude, why doesn't want to sleep in cot for naps (these naps were perfect before) and nights are better (before that we were cosleeping as he didn't want to sleep in cot). It's so strange.
Tomorrow I'm determined for day naps not to give him any opportunity to sleep anywhere but his cot. Is it possible not to sleep the whole day? As I saw today maybe it is possible, he's just so stubborn, I can't calm him down.....I hope he is not afraid of falling asleep in his cot.
Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading it!
I hope you have some advice for me