Asmy son is getting older naptime is becoming more and more of a struggle and Iam not ready to give up the afternoon nap yet. Let me rephrase that – I am notready for him to give up the afternoon nap yet. When he does not nap he gets awee bit cranky/whiney and I just don’t want to deal with that 24/7.
Sowhat to do?
Somedays he needs me to lay down with him for a bit until he is ready to sleep.Some days he wants some privacy and he wants to read a story or two to himselfbefore nap time. Some days he tells me that he is a big boy and he can puthimself down for a nap… or he is too big for naps now. It varies from day today. But he usually ends up asleep as aresult of any and all options.
Andthen there are those days that nothing seems to be going according to plan andI want to pull my hair out. Those days where I cannot seem to catch a break.When one or both of the boys are whining and crying and naptime is as elusiveas a mega millions winning lottery ticket {ohhow I wish} I get worn out really quickly. Those days are rough.
Sowhat do I do?
Ido not have an answer that will work for everyone. No one does. This is whatworks for me. I take a break and I walk away. I know it sounds silly and maybeeven a little selfish. But on those days where my frustration level is at anall time high, I walk to my room, close the door, and take a deep breath. Itake a mommy time-out until I am ready to get back out there.
Usuallymy mommy time outs only last a couple minutes, but I need those couple of minutes to collect myself. Then after my mommytime out I go and manage one child at a time. I put down the baby for a nap andthen work on getting my toddler to sleep. And even this doesn’t always do thetrick. Some days nothing works and I simply tell my son that he needs to havesome quiet playtime in his room until naptime is over.
Whenit is the baby not going to sleep there is no such thing as negotiations. Heusually needs to be cuddled and snuggled until he is ready to sleep. So I pullout one of my soft structured baby carriers {right now I am favoring myERGObaby carrier} and I do some baby wearing around the house. This usuallyworks pretty well for me. When he starts to rub his eyes and he spends moretime yawning than crying I try for the crib. Most of the time this works…sometimes it doesn’t.
So….What do you do?
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