We are at our wit's end around here. FGH is too busy to nap. He is too busy to eat during the day. He likes to eat all of his calories at night. That equates to 4-5 full fledged wakings each night. Could it be teeth? Could it be excitement over crawling, trying new foods and pulling one's self up? Whatever the cause, it has come time for a little sleep education and we are trying to figure out the best way to teach our busca that it is OK and actually REALLY ENJOYABLE to sleep through the night. We've tried some CIO (cry it out) the past couple of nights. I just can't handle it. We may try that again, but tonight we are going to try the Dr. Sears method http://www.babycenter.com/0_baby-sleep-training-the-basics_1505715.bc (thanks for the link, Amos). I like it because it focuses on the father playing a big roll. ( And I can catch up on blogging (and housework(and portfolio building(and sleep)))). Peter is supposed to rock the boy to sleep, lay him down -feet first for some reason- and keep his hand on him until he feels calm and stays asleep. This goes on through the night as he wakes up for up to 5 nights, then apparently he is able to nap better during the day AND sleep better during the night. As for eating only at night, I'm hoping the preference to sleep during he night leaves him starving during the day.
We'll see how it goes. And I won't really make Peter get up all those times, we may switch to co sleeping when we wakes up in the night. He does have a law degree to earn.
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Sounds like a plan! I do know that even to this day, Shawn is better at putting the boys to bed than I am. It's some good daddy bonding time. And, the weight of a daddy hand is comforting until he's in a deeper stage of sleep. agghh! It's crazy, isn't it? It sounds like Fredrik sleeps as well as his cousin Lachen did as a wee one. Hang in there! Auntie Anna is swooping in soon for my turn to soothe FGH.
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