The bumbo allows me to access all the toys at once.
Yeah, that's drool on my chin. What about it?
Plastic rings. Oh, it just doesn't get better than this.
I'm hiding behind the cow, see?
And now, a word from Kris: Across America, babies are taking naps... long, restorative, two and even three hours naps. But not at Hacienda Willcox. No, my daughter and I seem to be cut from the same cloth on this one; I never liked taking naps as a small child, and apparently neither does Audrey. This week I went back to the sleep books-- I have such a complicated, fraught relationship with these books-- and the internet boards to figure out how I could gently, or maybe not-so-gently, get her to nap in her crib. She's developed several of the dreaded habits we were warned about: only wants to sleep in our arms, or in a swing, likes to be nursed to sleep and doesn't "self soothe" back to sleep when she wakes. A classic "Nipper Napper." So I'm trying some tough love, Ferber style. It's really hard to put her in her crib and let her cry for a while, but I don't believe she's getting all the sleep she really needs, and I very much want some regularity in our days, for my own sake. I'm still deeply divided about which sleep philosophy I subscribe to. Wish it did not seem to be a choice between two extremes. So I'll report back on our progress. Today, Audrey won-- there was almost zero napping. Wish us luck.
2 comments:
Good luck...At only 8 weeks old, Kai has decided naps are for suckers. It just took me two hours to get him to sleep from the time I spotted his first yawn. We just ordered the No Cry Sleep Solution, and are hoping that can help! For what it's worth, I've read/heard that babies Audrey's age usually go through a period of regression when it comes to sleep - something about upcoming developmental milestones...
Yeah, I think Audrey and Kai are in the same baby chat room, talking about their plans to train their moms out of this whole "nap" notion.
I read a lot of the Amazon reviews of the No Cry book-- but everyone's do deeply divided on this topic, it's hard to figure out. Some loved it, others said it didn't help, and the Ferber-camp frothed at the mouth...
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