Today I put him down again, resigned to the thought that it was really just a quiet play time rather than a nap, in order to get a shower in. Much to my surprise, he was totally quiet when I got out of the shower. And almost two hours later it's still quiet.
Now to give you a taste of his sleep unpredictability, here is a little snippet of his sleep log:
Monday night:
- Because he only had one (one hour) nap he was EXHAUSTED and we started getting him ready for bed at 5:45.
- He was asleep by 6 PM.
- He woke up and cried for a few minutes around 10 PM. Put himself back to sleep.
- He then woke up at 1 AM and I made him cry it out (not sure how long since I shut my door so I could sleep).
- He had very loud and intense crying about 2:30 AM (I could hear him through my closed door and with a pillow over my head) and I went in and fed him. He was up by 6:15 for the day!
- Because he was up by 6:15 he was showing tired signs by 7:45. Rubbing his eyes, cranky, etc.
- I put him down for a nap early (8:15) because I was exhausted (my body DOES NOT like getting up at 6:15, ESPECIALLY when I stay up and watch Olympic gymnastics!) and needed to lay down myself.
- When I woke up at 9 he was still quietly talking to himself in his bedroom. I got him out of bed.
- During my 9:30 piano lesson he seemed REALLY tired, so at 10 I tried putting him down again. He pretty much cried and cried and cried for 45 min. and never fell asleep. I got him out of bed.
- After running errands, I tried putting him down again at 12:30 (He'd been up since 6:15!!) and he cried for nearly 50 min. before falling asleep out of exhaustion. He only slept 1 hour.
- We got him ready for bed at 6 and he was asleep by 6:20.
- He didn't make a peep until 4:15 AM!
- He slept until 7:40 AM!! and was then up for the day.
- I put him down this morning, at 9:40 thinking (like I said earlier) it would just be quiet time for him while I showered.
- He slept until 11:20 AM. (Longest morning nap he's had in ages!)
- I put him down again at 1:30 after my piano lessons. He fell silent (and I'm guessing asleep) about 1:50 and is still sleeping. Oh, I spoke too soon. He woke up at 2:45.
I guess I'll just take it one day at a time. (Overall, he's getting to be a happier baby during his awake time, even with his nap dropping, so I'm very happy about that.)
3 comments:
I think your post title sums parenting up pretty well. :) Garrett's sleep is starting to get a little predictable in its unpredictability, too. A few weeks ago I was sure he'd decided to abandon the morning nap, but, after about a week of fighting it, he's back to napping about 2 hours after he wakes up in the morning. Yesterday he fought the afternoon nap (much to my great dismay). And though he always goes down for the night between 8 and 9 pm, his wake up times are so kooky, it's starting to drive my tired self crazy. Sometimes, if I'm super lucky, he'll sleep till 7:30 or 8, usually he gets up around 7 r 7:15, but lately he's been rising between 6 and 6:30. Of course, whenever he wakes up earlier, he's cranky for most of the day. Ugh. Anyway, keep taking it one day at a time. That's all you can do some days. :)
Oh, I feel the exact same way almost every day. My first was so easy and I could predict when he would need to nap, but not this one it can be very frustrating.
What a pain. Kate's schedule changes about every three days, so I never quite know what to plan for. I've taken to closing her door at night, plus closing my door and turning on the ceiling fan. Then I don;t hear her until she's really awake.
Good luck staying sane!
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