tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954547102061007817.post8480645169851596795..comments2024-03-11T22:16:44.229-04:00Comments on it's Momplicated: Outwitted by the Toddler Once AgainAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244263312184431259noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954547102061007817.post-11684198009128727102010-09-19T07:24:19.838-04:002010-09-19T07:24:19.838-04:00Hey, Kristi! I very much like the idea of doing so...Hey, Kristi! I very much like the idea of doing something quietly if she doesn't want to sleep. I'm using that one starting today! Thanks! <br /><br />And my daughter is great during naptime at school too. It's amazing! She also just lays right down on her little cot and goes to sleep with only one paci and her fav blanket (We have two of the same.) It's unbelievable. I agree that it's the pressure. Ha! <br /><br /><br /><br />Tonya, I feel your pain during the naps. I love the closeness, but I really want to get something accomplished while she was snoozes so I can fully enjoy the playtime when she's awake. Now, we're doing the hold during half the nap or three quarters of the nap plan. Ha! I agree, we'll miss it....probably sooner than later. <br /><br />On most nights my baby girl does well at night until anywhere between 5:30 to 6:15 a.m. That's when she wants to come on into our bed for some snuggle time. We love it too and are happy to plunk her in between us for a little while. What's funny is that we tried the co-sleeping plan for a while early on when she was having lots of difficulty sleeping at all. Ever. She's a VERY restless sleeper so no one got any sleep. Eventually, I think she realized she was more comfortable in her bed with her space. Until the early am, that is. :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244263312184431259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954547102061007817.post-46182350882455335132010-09-19T06:57:08.486-04:002010-09-19T06:57:08.486-04:00You are a better mother than I. Much to my dissat...You are a better mother than I. Much to my dissatisfaction, my daughter co-sleeps with us or anyone else in the family... and has since the first day she came home from the hospital.<br /> She also demands being held for all naps. Now that I am alone with her (totally devoid of help from friends and family) it KILLS me.<br /> I caved to pressure from everyone around me and allowed her in the bed/every waiting pair of arms... and now I'm left to deal with the little nightmare we have created; alone!<br /> After several discussions with a husband who is not supportive of making the toddler sleep alone, I have just given up and resigned myself to sleeping with her for the rest of my natural life. Heck, I guess that is one of the reasons we have a king-sized bed... and in 16-more years I'll look back on this time and regret it passed so quickly. Right? Who doesn't love little size 6 feet scrunching in their hair and tiny butterfly hands fluttering over their face for reassurance that you didn't leave during their blissful slumber? -- On the up side, it is nice to have baby crawl on my chest every morning, grab my face with both hands and kiss me awake.chuckandtonyafreemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06880120697824426588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954547102061007817.post-87312182259960693122010-09-19T00:13:20.945-04:002010-09-19T00:13:20.945-04:00We didn't ever do the "cry it out." ...We didn't ever do the "cry it out." We have a rule that if she doesn't want to sleep, she has to do something quietly, like look at a book or one of those hypnotic "Baby Einstein" videos, in her bed. (Or, ahem, ours.) Usually if she's really tired, she'll fall asleep.<br /><br />It might also help to find out if she has a routine at day care, and try to follow the same one at home. It's always amazed me how at naptime at "school," she just lays down and goes to sleep on her mat. I think it must be peer pressure.Kristi Nelsonnoreply@blogger.com