Hi guys, I'm venting on you!
I've been trying to get on EASY for about a week now. I'm still using nursing as a calming down method if needed before sleep, but I see that kind of like the pacifier he refuses to take. He is good and quick at E, and happy to wait his three hours, I've noticed A is pretty short - like an hour or an hour and a quarter, in the morning or after a really good nap. With S, things get a little out of control. Shh-pat was starting to take about ten minutes total - I'd do a short wind down and put him in the crib, before stage 2 even, he'd cry a little, then give that stare, and go to sleep, sometimes sucking his fingers. We had a bit of a regression yesterday when this went back to taking about twenty minutes. He's often taking short naps, and if I can (big brother's not home) I try to lengthen them. Sometimes we get a long nap and then there is a Y in EASY too.
DH will help with the kids whenever I ask, but he isn't a baby whisperer, so I'm in this on my own and it takes more strength than I have. so i'm inconsistent.
I finally borrowed the book again - i was going on memory and this website (in Israel I can't just buy it or get it out of the library, esp if I wanted it in English) - and i see Tracy says to put him down in Stage 2 - drowsy. The problem is, I can't get him drowsy, unless he's way past his nap time. I can't calm him down on me without nursing or walking around forever. and when i take him into a dark room, he fusses so much more! Tracy says that's the only thing that's supposed to calm him down!
For some reason, it makes me really frustrated that he's not acting like it says he should. Can anyone explain to me why he doesn't like the non-stimulation of the bedroom, and how to get him to calm down with our nap time routine? AND WHY HE KEEPS WAKING UP after a few minutes?
Sorry, everyone.