How do you deal with a kid who is so tired but won't take a nap? I think DS (2y9m) is trying to drop his nap, but he still really needs it most days. I'm 37 weeks with #2 and I need to rest too, I'm not sleeping well at night and I'm losing it on a daily basis with DS. At naptime he'll nurse and seem like he's going to sleep but then he starts doing things he knows hurts me, like kicking his legs (which causes him to pull painfully at the nipple). When I cut him off from nursing, I try lying down with him but he climbs all over me and kicks me. I've tried letting him watch a video while I rest, but his behavior is even worse after he watches videos--very whiny and cranky in an unusual way. Even if I wanted to let him watch a video today, we would have to go to the library to get one since we don't own any.
I feel so terrible, but I don't want to interact with him at all when he's like this. I just want to rest and I can't! I want him to rest too so he can be my sweet child and not some demon I don't even want to look at. I hate that this coincides with the upcoming birth of the new baby, because it feels like I'm rejecting him and I know he'll feel a certain amount of that anyway when the baby is born.
I don't want to leave the house with him this afternoon because his behavior is so erratic and I can't chase after him if he decides to run away from me, my body is so tired and uncomfortable that I can barely move. We strive to use Gentle Discipline with him, but when I'm tired and he's tired I yell and say mean things...I'm so sad about this. I'm so ashamed to say I actually told him today that if he hurt me he would never be able to nurse again. At least I stopped myself from saying the next horrible thing I thought, which was "and the baby will get all the milk and you won't get any!!" This is not the mama I want to be. I can't stop crying.
I feel so terrible, but I don't want to interact with him at all when he's like this. I just want to rest and I can't! I want him to rest too so he can be my sweet child and not some demon I don't even want to look at. I hate that this coincides with the upcoming birth of the new baby, because it feels like I'm rejecting him and I know he'll feel a certain amount of that anyway when the baby is born.
I don't want to leave the house with him this afternoon because his behavior is so erratic and I can't chase after him if he decides to run away from me, my body is so tired and uncomfortable that I can barely move. We strive to use Gentle Discipline with him, but when I'm tired and he's tired I yell and say mean things...I'm so sad about this. I'm so ashamed to say I actually told him today that if he hurt me he would never be able to nurse again. At least I stopped myself from saying the next horrible thing I thought, which was "and the baby will get all the milk and you won't get any!!" This is not the mama I want to be. I can't stop crying.