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why all the sleep struggles?
Emmy has been a bit fussy today and hasn't napped all day. Well, she maybe napped for 15-20 minutes after nursing... she was so cranky I didn't want to risk putting her down! Sadly she woke up quickly.
It wasn't a *huge* deal if she didn't nap when she also wasn't super mobile. I didn't have to be right next to her, because she didn't move fast enough to get into any trouble. Not that I ever left the room, but I could sort of check out for a minute or two and get on the computer, or thumb through a magazine. Now she is SO fast that I really have to be right there the whole time- with my hand on her, even. She's mastered pulling up but she really isn't steady so she face plants often.
She had been doing better with being worn down for a nap,but she even fought that this morning... I'm wondering if maybe she needs more solids than I've been giving her? When I do BLW she inhales the food... but I don't offer that often. Hmm.
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Re: why all the sleep struggles?
I think she's just reached the point where she's interested in exploring the world - and practicing her new mobility skills.
Not that that's very comforting or helpful ;-)
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yeah, she is definitely just too interested in exploring to calm down and sleep. It would have been nice to have a month or two of good naps (say, 2 naps a day? Maybe 3 hours total of daytime napping?) before we moved into this... but I guess since she has never napped well, I don't really know what I'm missing
It's tought to get "me" time once they're mobile. I used to be able to let Ari play for 10-15 mins on his bedroom floor & I would Bump or check email in the rocking chair real quick or put away his laundry. Not anymore - he wants mommy or daddy to play with him every second, or he's about to face plant or get into something he shouldn't.
Ari has been going through wakeful periods a lot since the 4 month wakeful too - it seems like @ least once a month we have a week where all bets are off on sleep. The only way he got to be a decent napper was when he dropped to 2 naps around 6.5 months of age, & I just started keeping a very consistent nap routine with him every day around 4-5 months. I watched his cues & just played it by ear for a week to see what worked & what didn't. Of course what works this week may not work 3 weeks from now, but at least we have a starting point.
I waver back and forth between being okay with her napping and being really stressed about it... It's really hard for us to have a routine, because I have classes at different times on different days of the week. And she doesn't even always go to the same place when I have class. So any routine is bound to be messed up, kwim? Sometimes I worry I'm doing her some sort of disservice, because she seems to be the only baby that just does.not.nap (or sleep long at night!).
*sigh* I don't know. My H keeps saying, "But look at all the things she's already doing! No sleep means more time to practice and become a super baby!"