Jared's been in Houston since Tuesday and it's been great so far.
Until today when it is Friday and I realize I haven't gotten a single thing done all week and I probably won't get anything done until Saturday, and Saturday I have to community garden in Detroit until 1pm and then I promised to spend the night with a friend for my first night away from baby. So basically all I will have left is Sunday.
Baby has been fun all day today but he has pretty much been making me hold him all day long with zero breaks. Now I try to settle down to write an email and he starts with the fussing, now it is screaming. I ended up going downstairs where I am now losing my mind trying to focus but knowing I will not be able to focus on any work at all while he shrieks and screams in his swing. I had to buckle him into it because I know he is probably writhing and kicking and trying to twist out of it. I am sure there are tears. Hopefully this tires him out and he will actually TAKE A NAP for a few hours. I just need to have 10 minutes to finish writing a professional email to a few people is all I'm asking.
Ok thanks.
Night training #2 was much better in our house tonight. She didn't cry at all! I think she likes the fact that I'm sitting right next to her, though. That will soon change once she gets the hang of this step.
ReplyDeleteAnd according to sleep research, it's not that babies have excess energy to burn through crying, but it's because they just don't know how to go to sleep by themselves and are relying on whatever sleep crutches (nursing, rocking, etc.) that will help them to fall asleep. That is why after several days of consistent crying, they learn how to fall asleep by themselves and eventually stop needing to cry at all.
Nap training is really hard. Elise would definitely cry the hardest with nap training and sometimes wouldn't even take a real nap-- just conk out from exhaustion. I try to gear my training so that she is learning something rather than just being worn out. Nap training doesn't even work with a lot of babies and I had a feeling that Elise was going to be one of them. In most countries, they don't even consistently nap their babies-- just let the baby lead (Elise's babysitter does this with other babies). But I think I'm going to start up again once we have bedtime and non-feed nightwakings down now that Elise is older.