A typical day at best:
7 am - wake and bf
7:30 - 9:00 floor time with toys, rolling, sometimes in jolly jumper for 10 min intervals, outside for a walk, singing, dancing, watching me do things
9:30 - bf and getting ready for nap
10:00 - naptime (usually have a hard time getting him to go any sooner than this)
10:45 - he gets up
11:00 - 12:30 - pretty much the same activities as before
12:30 - bf
1:30 - nap
2:30 - he gets up
2:45 - play again on the floor, rolling
3:00 - bf
3:00 - today took him out for sleigh ride (we have lots of snow)
3:20 - 6:30 - awake and playing with dh and I and bf
6:30 - get ready for bed, bathtime etc, calm down time and music on in the nursery, sits on my lap while I rock in the chair (although tonight he nursed and fell asleep at the breast)
7:15 - sleeping and put into crib
8:30pm - df (first time trying it out)
he wakes every two hours or so at night to bf and then gets up at 7 am in the morning and we begin again.
Basically it has gotten to the point where he does what we do now duriing the day as we haven't any time for ourselves anymore...so if I need to get supper cooked, he is in the kitchen in his sit up chair watching me peel potatoes, or on my lap when I am on the computer. It is very difficult getting him to nap, so I feel bad for forcing him and allow him to stay awake (which is even worse because he becomes overtired and cranky) Is there any way to beat this whole scenario? I feel like a failure, when all I am trying to do is get him back on track. maybe the activities are not fun enough or different, but I thought children need repetition, or perhaps he is overstimulated, but then how do I know when to put him to sleep....I am not one of those mothers that sees the signs, I only see the after effect when he is beyond tired.
Your help is appreciated.