It must be something you are just given...the ability to relate to your children. Now that I am armed with this revelation, when she told me that Motherhood is full of guilty feelings I took heed.
I got my first taste of this the other day. My poor daughter!! I'm such a bad Mom!! We have been sleep training for 2 days now and I already have seen so much that I have been doing wrong. Madi took 5 naps yesterday! 5! She has only been getting 2 maybe 3 before now. I had NO clue she needed a nap every hour and 20 minutes. She cried for a TOTAL of 10 minutes yesterday going down for naps. I have been putting her to bed around 830pm and she really need to go to bed at 630! No wonder she is so darn cranky all the time. I thought it was her only to find out it was me! Guilt.
I am not going to get my hopes up that it will be this easy everyday, but I think I am starting to understand my baby more. I waited to put her down when she was looking tired (fussing, rubbing her eyes, and yawning), but I came to find out it was too late by that time. I put her down BEFORE, all this happens and she falls asleep with little or no crying. Who knew! She doesn't even look tired when I lay her down, but it works.
My pretty girl!
We've been putting Cameron down at 6:30 for months. It made such a difference! Now she is starting to do better with naps. It's true that most infants can't go longer than 2 hours without sleep. I live by Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby. I assume that's what you have been reading? If not, check it out.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to do CIO but I agree on getting the baby to bed earlier. We put Pnut down @ 8pm last night and she slept like a champ. She doesn't have an issue with naps recently now that we're on a more rigid schedule. It's niiiiiiiice.
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