One of the things that we have been working on with Jackson is getting him to sleep more independently. He's slept in his own crib since he was a week old, but we always rocked him to sleep for night time and naps. Our goal is that we could lay him in his crib awake and that he would put himself to sleep. First, we tried this at bedtime and it was remarkably easier than we anticipated. Once he was going to sleep consistently on his own at night, we tried doing the same thing at nap time. The first attempt took 2.5 hours of screaming and a whole lot of self-control from Mommy. I also learned very quickly that when Mommy goes into his room to calm him down, the moment he sees me, he understands that he should just scream louder. I thought girls were supposed to be the manipulators!?! Thankfully, when he wakes up from his nap, all is forgiven and he is so excited to see me!
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| Screaming his lungs out! |
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| Intermission from screaming to practice his new words/sounds |
Daddy seemed to have the magic touch and consistently gets him down with just 5 or 10 minutes of crying. It has been about two weeks of doing this and his response varies dramatically. Jackson takes 4 naps a day, and the majority of those still take about 10 minutes of crying for him to fall asleep. Every couple times, he goes immediately to sleep and on occasion has screamed for a couple hours. Our goal in the new year is to wean him off night feedings, as well.
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| Success!! |
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| Everything is better after a nap!! |
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