Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Maybe some babies never learn to nap

I really don't want to portray glum negativity, but I am wondering this afternoon if Erica will EVER EVER EVER learn to take good naps.  Who are these kids who take 2 hour naps in the morning and then more 2 hour naps in the afternoon and then go on and sleep for 12 hours at night?  Can someone please give me remedial lessons?  Am I that unskilled that I can't even teach my sweet little girl to get the rest she needs??  I am very sad and frustrated at our progress.

Today I am home for day one of my short spring break.  Since I usually work Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and I am off Thursday this week, it is almost having a whole week off even though it is just one work day off.  Get it?  So I thought this would be a good week to work with Erica on scheduling and napping.  Disaster already.  What am I doing wrong?  Does she have something missing from her brain that doesn't allow her to learn this?

Here are direct quotes from the notebook I am keeping:

Wednesday schedule fixing day 1
March 18
6:30 woke up
6:45 6 oz.
9:00 nap after 17 min cry (kept crying 30 min)
9:25 two more tries - put in bed asleep :(
slept 5 or 10 min
cried another 15 - I give up
10:45 6 oz.
11:25 down crying for nap
11:45 finally asleep
12:25 woke up
2:45 6 oz.
fell asleep 10 min on shoulder woke up when I put down :(
3:42 in bed wide awake
wrapped in blanket

Now it is 4:03 and she started crying about 3 min after I put her in bed.  Now what do I do?  She isn't going to sleep!  I am a terrible sleep trainer.  I honestly need help.

**** UPDATE **** Maybe I am just impatient and it is my issue, not hers.  Here is the rest of the notebook for this nap:

4:07 I'm not holding my breath, which is good b/c by the time I wrote this sentence she was crying again.
4:09 maybe? no.
4:10 possible?
OK this is promising 3:42 to 4:10 cried 28 min.

1 comment:

  1. Try the book "On Becoming Babywise". She is probably waking herself up as she goes from a light sleep into a deep sleep.

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