Operation Nap- day 4
Yesterday Bob got Sam to sleep in his crib while I was out. I don’t know how he did it. He said that he rocked him until he fell asleep, put him in the crib and Sam woke up as soon as he hit the mattress. The heat guy was here to show Bob how to skim the boiler, so Bob left him to cry for a bit, came back, rocked him until he fell asleep, put him in the crib and he woke up again. Bob left for a second time, and repeated the process a bit later only this time Sam stayed asleep and napped for more than two hours.
The whole process, from rocking to two-hour nap took about 45 minutes. I don’t know how the circumstances were different from my approach, but Sam will not let me rock him without clawing and biting at my face.
Today Sam isn’t feeling well. He’s got a runny nose and a cough and doesn’t even want to play. After our gymnastics class I just didn’t have it in me to struggle to get him to sleep and because he’s not feeling well he needs his sleep. I don’t want exhaustion to make him sicker. I got him in the car, we drove our regular 20-minute loop and he was asleep after 15 minutes. My nipples are thanking me.
Since Bob was so successful I wonder if it would make more sense to put Operation Nap on hold for a few weeks until Bob’s Christmas vacation. Maybe if he got used to sleeping indoors he’d be more willing to let me get him down.
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December 13th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Sounds like a plan!
December 15th, 2007 at 12:28 am
Dads can do things moms can’t do, because Dads don’t have the milk to distract from sleep.