Starting Hudson on cereal has not helped his sleeping patterns at all. He still fights naps all day long, and then wakes up once or twice at night. The night times I can handle - it's the skipping naps that is starting to wear on me. I can spend all afternoon trying to get him down for a nap - and never win!
Yesterday I was over at my parents and let my mom try. She rocked him for 15 minutes and then came upstairs and said "He is stubborn!" And he never took a nap yesterday.
Today I rocked him for 10 minutes like I normally do. And he screamed for 10 minutes like he normally does. So I decided to try the "let him cry it out" approach. It's not working... We started naptime at 3 pm. 10 minutes of rocking and crying. Then we went for 31 minutes of full out screaming and crying in his bed. I went in every 10 minutes or so and wrapped him back up, comforted him a little, then would go back out. Then I thought he was going to go to sleep because he had about 10 minutes of just moaning a little. But as I started this post the screaming began again.
Oh wait - it stopped - nope, there he goes again.
So how long do you let them cry it out? (It's taking longer than 10 minutes Cecil!!) He's gone on for long enough now that it's time for him to eat again....it's an endless cycle!
I don't hear him now - could I have won the battle??? Nope.
Mommy's coming Hudson!!
Do Not Worry
10 months ago
2 comments:
maybe going a little longer between going in to check on him? i don't know. it's hard when they decide they don't want to nap!! is he still teething? i don't know why but that always seems to bother them so much more when they're supposed to sleep. i remember a few times with both kids that they would cry through their whole naps without giving up. but they gave in after a day or two of doing that (i didn't check on them, but they were also older than hudson is--more like 10 months). i hope it gets better soon!!!
I heard my name mentioned! And since I can't watch TV... Wait, you didn't ask for my opinion.. Ha, when has that ever stopped me? When did I give a time period of 10 minutes? Hmm, well I say, see if they are teething, sick, hungry, dirty diapher, if none of those then they should cry to sleep. (rocking is ok, good bonding, right Jamie?) Me thinks that if someone goes in while he is crying then he expects to bring them back in with crying. (babies can be checked on without them knowing you are doing it) And the teething thing, I agree with the other mommy, make sure not a teething problem. Ok I better quit or otherwise I might not get to babysit.
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