Tuesday, February 19, 2008
HELP!!!!!
Ok all you moms out there. I need your help. Avery is starting to fight taking a nap. It's not like the good ol' days when the newborn would just sleep whenever, wherever. She wakes up around 7:00 a.m. eats and hangs out till about 10:00. Then she starts getting fussy. I can tell she's tired, but she won't fall asleep. So I put her in her crib hoping she will go to sleep. Nope she screams even harder and louder. I thought I would let her cry it out a bit and nothing. So I went in there with a binki. These days she doesn't care for them she just spits it out and keeps fighting the sleep. It seems like I have to make her a little bit of a bottle just to get her to fall asleep. It drives me crazy!! She's not like this at night. She sleeps awesome. It's like she thinks she can't nap unless we're driving in the car or something. Does anyone have any tips?
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ok i want the book lindsay has for one, cuz gavin still doesn't sleep threw the night and nap time has always been a joke.. but i did hear its better to put them down like 20 to 30 min before they are usually tired and they are suppose to fall asleep easier if they aren' t already cranky and tired! good luck
I agree with Michelle, maybe your waiting too long to put her down. Drew took that morning nap about 2 hours after waking up in the morning until like last month. It sounds like she is getting too tired. I always rocked my kids with a bottle before naps just to make sure they were full so they would sleep longer. And make sure the room is pretty dark, don't leave the blinds open and stuff. Also my kids both still have a noisemaker in their rooms. They are the best. It's like from wal-mart and it's the brand homemedics. It's by the candles and stuff. But is plays like the ocean or rain or whatever all night. I keep it on waterfall. It just muffles any outside noise. So you don't have to tiptoe around your house. Good luck.
I'm sorry she not napping well, I know how you feel. I know you guys have been out of town for awhile, that might be part of it. Bailey always gets messed up when we aren't at home. Another thing that I have found is try to keep her on the same schedule, babys like that. I know it's hard sometimes but it really helps. Also do the same routine everytime you put her down, like change, feed, and put her down. I know it's hard when they just lay there and scream but what I had to do was I would set my timer for 20 minutes and wouldn't go into her room until the time was up. I would go in and comfort her and let her know she wasn't alone but wouldn't pick her up, then set the timer for 30 minutes and by then most of the time she would calm down and then fall asleep. If none of that stuff helps I don't know what to tell ya. It's so hard to know what to do sometimes.
Every baby is so different. I have definitely found that before your baby even shows the signs of being tired you need to put them down. Brecon gets sleepy like an 1 1/2 to 2 hrs after he wakes up in the morning. Definitely try to put her down earlier. Also, I just use a fan for my noise maker and it muffles sound well. And....they go through different stages and sometimes they just will only take like a half hour nap and then be done so don't get too frustrated, they eventually grow out of things. You've already got some good advice from everyone else. Babies thrive on routines so do the same thing everytime you put her down and do it at the same time everyday if you can. I hold Brecon and sing him a song so he knows to get tired and knows what is coming and then I just put him in his crib and he sometimes fusses for a minute and then falls asleep. Good luck. I had issues with Brecon yesterday where he only slept for a half hour in the afternoon for his nap and he was so cranky and I kept trying to put him back down because I knew he was tired, but he wouldn't fall asleep and just screamed and I felt like the worst mother! I finally took him out of the crib and fed him and he was happy so he is just a stinker and wants to eat all the time. I know he was tired, but I think he was overtired and screamed even harder. Anyways, I was able to put him down early for bed so all worked out. It is totally guess work with kids! Have fun!!!!
Oh man I totally feel for you! Mia was totally like that and I was going crazy! I got into the habit of rocking her to sleep but when I put her down she popped right up, so I did what I said I never would...put her in bed with a bottle. Mia was also the same way when it came to crying, she would have cried for 6 hours before she ever gave up the fight. The whole letting them cry themselves to sleep never worked for us. Routine has definitely worked for us still to this day. Good Luck!
We are having the same thing right now. Cohen will sleep for 12 hours at night without a peep but nap times are stressing me out. He will actually fall asleep eventually but he will only sleep for 10 minutes at a time and then wake up screaming. I was worried that he was getting sick because we have all been sick but nope, he is fine. I am really frustrated with it all. I have tried basically everything. He will sleep if he is in this old school swing that my mom keeps at her house so that is where he is now. I don't know. When you figure it out let me know!
Hi. This is Staci Schofield (Stuver.) I miss seeing you at Target! Congrats on your little girl. She is darling. One thing I can suggest is try swaddling her if you haven't already. I find it is easier with an actual swaddler than if you just use a blanket because they can't get out as easy. You can find them at Target or Walmart (I like one that is from Babiesrus because it is a little nicer.) Chandler also always went back down two hours after waking up. I would try to put her down about that time and see if it helps. That way she is up for two hours and then sleeps two hours and then can wake up and eat. I also have a reccomendation for a wonderful book-On Becoming Babywise...love it!
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Hey! It sounds like you have a ton of good advice already! Avery is still little it may take some time to establish a routine. Just when you think you have things figured out they change on ya that never ends! I do have to agree with Kat though I am all about the bottle at bedtime, works like a charm!
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