tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post8626555509823596650..comments2023-10-05T09:02:12.228-04:00Comments on it could take 3 months: THE WOMAN WHO CRIED TOOTHms. chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02369055212101853503noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-28681878833916511822008-08-28T09:43:00.000-04:002008-08-28T09:43:00.000-04:00I got nothing for you. Because as you know, Baby O...I got nothing for you. Because as you know, Baby O is an abysmal napper, and I rarely get anything more than an hour maybe twice, three times a day.<BR/><BR/>The sleeping through the night thing - Baby O is going through it as well. Some days he does great. Others, not so much.<BR/><BR/>Long way of saying I have no assvice for you. But you're definitely not alone.Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765237663006604157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-39375484096489358052008-08-27T08:41:00.000-04:002008-08-27T08:41:00.000-04:00Oh my dear Ms. C.I have NO IDEA what to tell you -...Oh my dear Ms. C.<BR/>I have NO IDEA what to tell you -- but thankfully plenty of other women have been there.<BR/>I love your posts and I love hearing all this stuff and I'm glad you're not so sleep deprived you can't write?!! I feel for you, girl.<BR/>And if you want a bit of a distraction for a moment, go check out my blog.<BR/>Til then, lots of love.<BR/>MUAH!<BR/>peace<BR/>shlomitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-57732453689298029302008-08-26T15:56:00.000-04:002008-08-26T15:56:00.000-04:00Auden is down to two naps a day as well. His firs...Auden is down to two naps a day as well. His first is in the morning and the second in the afteroon. Usually the morning nap is shorter than the afternoon nap. <BR/><BR/>I get him to sleep during the day the same way I put him to sleep at night....and it's definitely not a method endorsed by any sleep experts, that's for sure! I swaddle him (he too gets giddy sometimes at the sight of his swaddle blanket) and nurse him to sleep. If he wakes up and it hasn't been a decent amount of time (less than 45 minutes to an hour depending on the nap) I'll go up and nurse him back to sleep. <BR/><BR/>I know that nursing to sleep is verboten in many circles of parenting theories but I figure if it gets him to sleep, it gets him to sleep. <BR/><BR/>I always thought that babies just kept getting better and better at sleep as they got older. I've found this is not the case. Almost everyone I know with a wee one have had more sleep problems around the 3-4-5 month stages. <BR/><BR/>Sadly I don't have any answers for you, but I wish I did. Good luck, Ms. C. I hope the wee one at least gives up the middle of the night waking soon!meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867137276917406552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-29600417699239662292008-08-26T12:47:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:47:00.000-04:00Hi. I'm a lurker and hope this comment doesn't the...Hi. I'm a lurker and hope this comment doesn't therefore classfy as assvice! I have 2 kids. My oldest sounds a lot like your Sacha. She was a pretty good sleeper at night but she was a lousy nap-per during the day. From about 2 or 3 months she slept for 45 minutes twice a day. That's it. She went to one 45 minute nap a day when she hit about 9 months and then stopped napping at all at 2 years. I don't think it has done her any harm - she's now 5 and v bright and happy and she still sleeps great at night.... But I do think that it wasn't so good for us! We used to wait for her signals of tiredness too and never let her cry it out ever. Whenmy son was born 18 months later the only thing I wanted to improve was the napping. We got him into a real routine and put him down at those times regardless of how tired he seemed (this was from about 3 months). We also let him cry it out. He was a way way better napper than his sister and still slept ok at night, though not quite as well. (He still gave up all daytime naps as soon as he turned 2 though). Of course I can't say whether it would have made any difference if I'd treated child #1 as I treated child #2 but I think it would have improved my sanity to have been able just to put her in her room for a decent length of time. So that would be my only advice, trying to get into a naptime routine, regardless of the signs (twice a day is probably fine at this age). Hope it works!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-3693513825228363742008-08-25T21:34:00.000-04:002008-08-25T21:34:00.000-04:00I don't know Ms. C but I wonder if you should get ...I don't know Ms. C but I wonder if you should get him into more of a schedule. Get him used to going down twice a day for naps at 10am and 3pm or something like that. Rather than waiting until he yawns. I read once that when they start showing signs of tiredness that it's too late. <BR/><BR/>I know it's hard. Chicka was almost 6 months before I could get into any sort of napping rhythm. Then she did 2 naps a day but once she hit a year or so she went down to 1 nap a day. It's just all she needed. As much as I would have liked a baby who slept more it just wasn't meant to be but I will say that getting her into a routine was very helpful. <BR/><BR/>I used to let her sleep until whenever and take all my cues from her. Once we started getting up at a semi regular time, napping and bedtime followed. <BR/><BR/>Mind you, she's 16 months and I still can't get her to go to sleep without me or Daddy cuddling and rocking. <BR/><BR/>It's the middle of the night that's a killer isn't it? We still have occasional bad nights (like last night) and they are hellish. <BR/><BR/>This phase will pass. I promise.Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866502742081896301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-11941825681422954192008-08-25T18:47:00.000-04:002008-08-25T18:47:00.000-04:00Is it possible that he's ready to go down to two n...Is it possible that he's ready to go down to two naps? You could try it for a few days maybe and see what happens - I think the rule is that they should be up two hours in the morning, then have their first nap, up for three then their second, up for four and then bedtime. Is it possible that he's just going down for the second nap too early, and so isn't really ready to sleep?Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391676406311335476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29619227.post-84892295190453721442008-08-25T16:15:00.000-04:002008-08-25T16:15:00.000-04:00As soon as my son hit 3 months a couple weeks ago,...As soon as my son hit 3 months a couple weeks ago, he quit sleeping through the night. He was waking up a couple times a night hungry and playful. I increased the amount he was eating during the day, and when he woke up, we stuck to our routine of not stimulating him, playing his bedtime music, and rocking him. His naps have also really decreased during the day, and he will now only take one longer nap around noon, and, if I'm lucky, a short one in late afternoon. <BR/><BR/>All the old timers have been telling me it's a growth spurt/ big leap in neurological development. Right before this started happening, he learned to roll over, blow raspberries, and is working on sitting up now. It seems he is waking up at night and practicing his skills. When it's supposed to end? I haven't a clue...MrsSpockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792687516201324640noreply@blogger.com