Harlan Place

Sleep is one of those things that you don’t think about or fully appreciate… until you don’t have it. And every new parent (or at least every new mom - I think many dad’s get out of night-time duty!) knows how precious sleep is when you go without it for days, weeks, months. Well I’m happy to report that I’m finally coming out of my sleep(less) coma. Jadon has been sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night pretty consistently for the last 4 to 6 weeks. Initially, the bulk of of those hours were early evening to the middle of the night, but a few weeks ago he made a very pleasant switch to a sleep schedule of 9:30/10:00 to 6:30 or so. It’s been heavenly. Of course there is the occasional night (like last night), where his schedule is thrown off (by us going out, usually) and he falls asleep for the night too early and wakes up at 4:00 instead of 6:30. But all in all, I can’t complain.

On the subject of sleep, … I cannot seem to get Jadon to go down for naps without a screamfest. I either have to rock him while he cries for 20 minutes and then continue to hold him while he sleeps, or I put him in his crib and let him cry and he never calms down or goes to sleep. And considering he still takes a nap every other hour throughout the day, you can see how little I am able to accomplish by holding him through each nap. What is a mother to do? Girls, any suggestions?? How do you get your babies to go down for naps????????