Hayden 5 Logan 3

Hayden 5 Logan 3
Yes- We ARE this cute!!

Sunday, January 21, 2007


Hayden is now 9 mths and 1 week he's so close to walking it's scary, a part of me wants him to and the lazy part of me wishes he still just sat there. he finally has his 2 front teeth, the bottom soooo cute I'm trying to get in close for a shot but he's having none of it. So I'm trying to stop nursing him during the day and doing once when he wakes up and once before bed so far the last 3 days have been fine, exept his napping he used to go for his naps pretty much after every feed...I know I know "you're not supposed to do that" but we did and it was great anyway so now the problem is getting him to nap without the boob? I wish I gave him a pacifier now. anyway his morning nap I've been putting his snowsuit on him and walking with him lying in his stroller until he falls asleep today was a fun 45 min walk wich I actually dont mind the exercise but I had to pee and was hungry so ? then for his afternoon nap I'm taking him for a drive doing whatever errand I have to and he falls asleep then I carry him to his room. I cant help but feeling I should be just getting him to sleep in his crib for nap time and saying ok Hayden its naptime now sleep! but really? come on, thats hell but he's never going to learn they say, well he;s not always going to nap I say. I dont know I hate letting him cry so if I have to walk and drive him to nap I dont mind, I do miss napping with him when he used to nurse and we'd both fall asleep. o-well.

4 comments:

Life according to Jacob said...

Jacob takes his bottle and then naps too and I have never had any problems with that. It doesn't mean that he won't sleep without it though. Maybe try putting him down to sleep and letting him cry for 10 minutes and then going back in to rock him. We have to do this still sometimes with Jacob cause even when he is bone tired he will play in his crib and then get cranky so we let him cry no longer than 10 minutes (only in full wail mode, if he is just sorta whinning we don't go in) and then go in and cuddle him some more and he's usually good to go. I tried the crying stuff for longer and it killed me.

Charlie and Sam's Mommy - Deanna said...

charlie is the same way...now that I"m back at work...no more nursing during the day...when I was weaning...he would not sleep without the boob! Kinda frustrating...but I'm thinking if he's tired enough...he'll sleep eventually! (yesterday Rebecca got him to go down for a hour long nap....so there is hope!

Anonymous said...

From what I've experienced with Ellenor, she had to learn to be able to fall asleep on her own. It took a few weeks, but she finally got it. She basically had to re-learn how to fall asleep because I always nursed her until she fell asleep and then I would ever so gently lay her in her crib. But there came the time when she was 5 months old when she was using me as a soother and I was spending too much time letting her suck just to fall asleep. So I did some research and found a method that worked. It's called the Ferber method and it goes like this. You first of all have to know when your baby is tired...then when he is awake but very tired, you do the going to bed routine (for us it is reading a story in the same chair then I say "okay it's nap time" and by this time she is yawning or rubbing her eyes or just cranky and needs sleep). Then you put them in their crib say "night" and leave the room. They will cry of course because it's a new thing for them. This method says to let them cry for 5 mintues, then go back into their room, pat their tummy or back (but don't pick them up), say "mommy loves you" and leave the room again. Then, let him cry for 10 minutes and go back into his room again, repeat the same steps. Then let him cry for 15 minutes...etc. I didn't let her go for more than 15 minutes at a time, and the longest she cried for with me going in and out was 45 minutes, then she fell asleep. The next nap time, she went down to 30 minutes, and it was gradually less and less, until she learned to fall asleep on her own, and I could just put her down and leave without her crying. You have to be ready for it though, because it is stressful hearing them cry. At times I would just go outside and come back in at the 15 minute mark, but you have to be consistent once you start, otherwise you're giving your baby mixed messages and then they'll never know what to expect. Good luck Sheri. Let me know how it goes.

sheri hall said...

Thanks everyone, well try it all I'm sure, and we'll let you know.