Well, I don't know what has happened but my DS has defiantly regressed in the sleeping area. I shouldn't complain because we had a month of wonderful, almost everyday was just like the schedule out of Tracy's latest book. He transitioned to the 4-hr EASY no problem. He went down beautifully for naps and for the most part put himself back to sleep after the 45 m. mark, a few times I had to help. Also, he was sleeping 8:30-6:45 a.m. with a df at 11 p.m. Now all hell has broke loose!
This week started off well, he was just like I described. Then I went back to work on Tuesday and he spent one day away from home. Every since then sleep has been a nightmare. He screams going down for all naps. I was just swaddling him and laying him down after wind down routine and he would lay happily and fall asleep. Now I cannot lay him down or he will scream! When he finally calms down, he sleeps for the 45 m. but instead of going back to sleep smoothly, I am in and out of his room for the rest of the nap, trying to get him to sleep.
As for the night sleep, he slept until 6:45 a.m. the three days prior to daycare, but then on that day I had to get him out of bed at 6 a.m. The last three mornings he has woke up between 5 and 6 a.m. and I spend a lot of time trying to get him back to sleep (just until 7 a.m.) I can't believe one day at daycare screwed up everything, didn't Tracy's book say that it took about 3 days to start a bad habit?
Sorry, I have went on and on, I am just feeling sad and emotional today, I started to cry when I was pat/sshh.. him for the fifth time! He is such a great baby but I feel like we are going backwards. I am not quite sure what to do with this daycare thing. I am only taking him there 6 days out of a month, but I feel like it screws everything up. I try so hard to get him back to sleep on the days he wakes early, but what am I really teaching him if the next day I get him up early? I am thinking it might be good to start the day at 6 a.m. instead of 7 am to accomodate the daycare, but honestly, that is only six days that he needs to be up that early. Anyway, I have went on long enough, just want to know if anyone has any suggestions. Maybe something else is going on with him and the daycare isn't the issue. I just hope that all the good sleep behaviors will return one of these days!
Thanks so much for listening.