Thursday, February 14, 2013

Newest Napping Nuisance

I should have known that once I typed the story of Evan's boot camp napping story that things would change... 
We conquered this napping stuff. He was snoozing with the best of them. But then he decided to change it up. I have a feeling our family CEO will always be keeping me on our toes...

Here's the deal. Once last week he was eating silly and I knew it was because he was tired so I put him down to nap. Well, he didn't want to nap. After screaming for a while I thought to myself 'he didn't eat much. I bet he's still hungry.' Idiot. (I'm referring to myself as the idtiot just to be clear.) He did in fact eat, but somehow this started some kind of habit. You would have thought I put crack in the bottle or something (promise I didn't) because for the next several days he was hooked. He could pound down 7 ounces and go down for a nap 5 minutes later and he would SCREAM bloody murder until I fed him more. AHHHHH!!!!

I had a meltdown on Monday. Monday around here has been dubbed 'Meltdown Monday' by my significant other. Not good. That man is a saint to put up with me. I need to get it together. For Good. I gave in and kept feeding him. I just wanted him to stop crying and be quite. It was an addiction. I thought 'hey last time he screamed and wouldn't nap he wanted more to eat.' Idiot. I shouldn't have done it.

Well, we had several days of craptastic naps and extra feedings. You may think, who cares if the kid wants to eat a few more ounces before napping? When you have another baby who needs attention and/or needs to eat I don't have time to do double feedings.

I had to suck it up the last few days and let that baby cry. Wow, can he cry. He went for 30 minutes yesterday!! I checked on him with my nap boot camp routine. Today he only cried for 10. I hope we are back on track... It is so hard to watch tears run down his face and I feel awful, but I have to do it. It's for his good. Right? I keep telling myself that so I can stay strong.

I hope this is the last kink and he becomes a decent napper. Yup, I would settle for decent at this point. Just go to sleep man!!! 

Anyone else have a similar experience? Do I have the worst napper in the world? Am I doing the right thing? WHY WON'T HIS MANUAL SHOW UP IN THE MAIL ALREADY!!!


I know why God made that baby extra cute...so I could put up with all of his little quirks.

5 comments:

waiting and wishing said...

Thanks... I laughed so hard about the idiot and the crack I woke up my crappy napper! First holy crap- I must be under feeding my poor babies they have never had more than six ounces at a time. And second, at least he is napping in his crib. I finally have the better napper of the two in his crib, but the other one still naps in the swing! We do the best we can, and I find that I do 'bad, habit forming thing' all the time because sometimes I'm just surviving! I'm waiting for my manual too,weird that both of ours got lost in the mail- I promise if I get mine first ill send you a copy :)

Sailor's Sweetheart said...

I'm pretty much to the point where I am realizing I will never *figure out* motherhood, I will just *Survive* motherhood. LOL! As soon as I think I have my boys figured out, they switch it up on me. You are not the only one. My boys are terrible nappers, always have been! They normally only sleep 30 minutes, and that's after a long battle. UGH!

Jen said...

Damn, my manual got lost too. Will you make copies and distribute if yours arrives??1 Ha. I got nothing on the naps. Good luck though!

Jill said...

Oh man I do indeed have a crappy napper. Baby Owen sleeps amazingly at night but napping? No sir. Baby Henry loves loves loves to nap, but at night? No sir. He wakes up every 20 minutes for four hours because he lost his paci. The doc says it's just difference in personalities and it will get better with time. I too was just hoping she would give me my manual already.

Jules said...

Can someone fax me that manual when you find it??? Alec is a HORRIBLE napper lately and then also a horrible nighttime sleeper because his naps are crappy. Des's naps are getting better and I think it's showing in his ability to sleep through the night. "Sleep begets sleep" -- very true, and also very easy for that sleeping book to say. It's a total catch 22! They won't nap, so they won't sleep well at night, so they won't nap! GAHHHH!!!