I function sooo much better on a schedule. So I've started imposing a sleep schedule for Nate (I know, not very AP, but it works for us and I actually find him being in a better mood because of it!).
Here are my criteria:
- I refuse to let him fall asleep for his first nap before 9am.
- He must go at least 2 hours between naps.
- The last nap of the day must be done by 5pm (preferably sooner).
- Bedtime is no earlier than 7pm.
He's nursing a lot at night, and still loves to be outside (when it's not freezing!). But now he also just LOVES to play with toys (well, chew and drool ll over them), and to spit and blow bubbles.
I'm beginning to see my light at the end of the tunnel since I can now put all 3 boys to bed and go downstairs for 30 mins.-2 hours! Woohoo! Than I go and crawl in next to him.
He's napping in his crib next to our bed now, in preparation for when he begins to become mobile since our bed is not safe for him to be alone in then.
It's really high. But he loves to listen to a wind-up musical toy and falls asleep happily by himself. 
And he transfers well from the car to the crib when he ends up napping in the car luckily! I've never had a baby who would do that before!
Here are my criteria:
- I refuse to let him fall asleep for his first nap before 9am.
- He must go at least 2 hours between naps.
- The last nap of the day must be done by 5pm (preferably sooner).
- Bedtime is no earlier than 7pm.
He's nursing a lot at night, and still loves to be outside (when it's not freezing!). But now he also just LOVES to play with toys (well, chew and drool ll over them), and to spit and blow bubbles.
I'm beginning to see my light at the end of the tunnel since I can now put all 3 boys to bed and go downstairs for 30 mins.-2 hours! Woohoo! Than I go and crawl in next to him.
He's napping in his crib next to our bed now, in preparation for when he begins to become mobile since our bed is not safe for him to be alone in then.
It's really high. But he loves to listen to a wind-up musical toy and falls asleep happily by himself. And he transfers well from the car to the crib when he ends up napping in the car luckily! I've never had a baby who would do that before!
: ), and some of the methods in the No Cry Sleep Solution, combined with a little intuition about what would work for my own kids' personalities and my not-so-pleasant nighttime demeanor. I take it step by step, starting with naps in a crib during the day, then napping in the crib in our bedroom (where we're at now), then starting the night in the crib, then being put back in the crib after the first night-nursing, then starting at around 6 months a gradual night-weaning process, then around 9 months they're ready to move to another room until at least 4am when they come back to bed for the last few hours, and then in the crib in another room for the whole night by 1 year.
He gets really tired and cranky just after dinner so another quick nap and then he falls asleep nursing anytime from 7-8 and I keep him in my arms until I go to bed 9-9:30 ish. So I guess it is somewhat a schedule but it goes mainly around my older DD
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