On Saturday we babysat a family in our ward. They have a set of twins (around Charlie's age) and a little boy. We got there right before nap time and I was a little worried. Knowing our nap time routine for Charlie, how were we going to do that for Charlie and two twins? There aren't enough arms! Guess how they fell asleep? We put them in their cribs, gave them a pacifier and their blankets. That was it! They played a little bit, but in no time both babies were asleep. Magic! I was doing this while Tony swaddled Charlie, gave him is pacifier, rocked him until he was asleep and carefully laid him in his nursing pillow.
Oh boy. Are you laughing? He is our first child after all! I enjoy wrapping him up and cuddling in the rocking chair, plus I have the time for it since it's just us. However, am I doing him any service by not letting him learn how to put himself to sleep? Will he be 15 and I'm still giving him kisses, waiting until he's out cold before I leave him?
Last night I rocked him to sleep...we were beginning our "new sleep system" the next day. After 1 hour he was up and crying. Oh no, do we wrap him back up and rock him one last time? I was strong and waited 10 minutes before going in his room. He was really happy :) Just kidding, he was as mad as ever. I gave him his pacifier, laid him back down, walked out. Waited ten minutes and did the same thing about three times. After half an hour guess what? He had put himself to sleep. It worked!
Today is our first time trying this at nap time. I read him a quick story. Grabbed his blanket, froggy and pacifier and put them all in the crib. His facial expression was saying, "um, is this some kind of joke?" as I laid him down. I walked out. Ten minutes later here I am typing away this post. We'll see how many times I have to go back in there.
It might be a rough few days, BUT it will be better for him and us in the long run.
Wish us luck!
3 comments:
Oh this is rough stuff...
but you can do it!!!
poor charlie- ;)
I tried this with trent (of course now we know trent is different...) after several HOURS charli steed walked over to see if anything was wrong. She had heard him cryin all day- ya. didn't work.
Yay for you and Charlie! It will be soooo worth it trust me! All Addison needs to sleep is her binky and a blanket. It works well for both of us that way. Good luck!
Oh wow! Good luck! It will be worth it! Lucky me, I have several sisters and sisters-in-law who gave me a heads up so we've been letting Jaden put himself to sleep since... um, the day he was born! We never pushed the binky, either. We must be tough parents! It's been great though! Charlie will do great, I'm sure!
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