Since Little One learned to pull up (yes, she's doing that now), getting her down for naps has been crap-tastic. This morning, I nursed her to sleep which took all of 7 minutes, let her sleep for 4 more minutes before getting up and putting her in the crib. Not a minute later POP! she was up on her hands and knees.
Gone are the days of 5-7 minutes of fussing before she crashed for an hour. Here are the days of 30 minutes of fussing/pulling up/crawling around the crib before she sleeps for only 30 minutes.
Am I a mean mean mommy for insisting she have that "quiet time" when she's obviously tired? Or am I missing the window of opportunity to get her down quickly? Or should I just let her sleep in my arms while impatiently thinking about all the things I could be doing which are harder to accomplish when she's awake and demanding my attention?
The afternoon naps are a rinse and repeat. Please tell me it gets easier!
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Well, since you asked for advice I'll pony up my opinion. If you teach her how to put herself to sleep, you will save yourself a TON of frustration. There are a few ways to do that, we chose using the Ferber method, and now Aidan is a napping champ.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, your life will get a whole lot better once Little One learns how to put herself to sleep.
I'm with Parsing Nonsense. She'll get there, and probably soon, when the novelty of scooting wears off a little bit. For now, I think that even just being in a quiet room for a full hour usually does little ones a world of good.
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