This is a photo of a sleepy Bennett one evening this week. Bennett will often happily play in his stroller while Zach and I make, eat and clean-up from dinner. On this evening, Bennett just sat clinging to his blanky and trippy duck (which Zach named because no normal duck is this many colors) while trying with all his might not to fall asleep. Naps have become our challenge as of recent. Bennett sleeps wonderfully in his crib all night (and for this we are thankful), but has a different idea of daytime napping. For him...45 minutes. We welcome any suggestions, as I have been reading BabyWise and Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, but still am not having much luck.
Here is a sleepy, napping Bennett from a couple weeks ago...lost his paci, so he decided sucking on his blanky would do the trick. This photo symbolizes what we hope he will transition back to (nice, long naps) sometime soon!
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We tried white noise to help Cooper sleep longer. Cooper is a very light sleeper and this blocked out the outside noise, Palmer barking, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe started out using the book "Happiest Baby on the Block" and loved it. It worked great.
This book has helped us recently "The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems" and we highly recommend it. We wish we would have found it earlier. She addresses naps and sleep schedules. Cooper started out a great sleeper at night and during the day but got out of that habit about 5 or 6 months. We are back to a better schedule now. 7:30pm - 6:30am with 2 naps (1-1.5 hours each). Good luck!
Oliver was my short napper - actually 45 minutes isn't too uncommon. Oliver only napped 30-45 minutes for his first 9 months of life. Elliott is my champion napper...I think a lot of it is just how they are! If he is waking-up after 45 minutes, happy and rested - he's good to go! GL!
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