An Odd Day
George is really causing us some fits! The last week or so, he hasn't been sleeping through the night. He's been waking up at 4am ready and rarin' to go. He hangs his blanket over the edge of the crib and tries to put his binky on the shelf. He can't reach and so he then tries to hand it to you...and if you don't take it he sticks it between the bed and the wall...lovely. He's also started to fight going ot bed. We have tried to adjust it back some thinking that might be part of the problem, but it hasn't seemed to make a difference. So, we're going to attempt to keep it where it is and see if less TV after dinner might make an impact. We have done some playing with how we do things and it so happens that he does MUCH better if Eric puts him down instead of me.
All of this is kind of a moot point because George just threw a major wrench into things with the schedule today. He (finally) slept all the way through the night last night and slept until 7am, which is really good. So I got up with him and we watched a bit of TV and had eggs for breakfast. Then George went to the library with Daddy while Mommy stayed home and cleaned. They got home around 11 and we had mac and cheese and a banana for lunch. (Okay, both Eric and I strongly dislike bananas, so George had a banana for lunch.) And then we put him down for his nap. It's the same schedule daycare uses and it's the one we have been on for a very long time...well, he sat in the crib and played and read for a little bit and the was done with that.
My plans for making bread were dashed. The child went to the grocery store with Daddy...while Mommy stayed home and started going through George's clothes for Fall. So, I thought he would come home tired. Not so much. We had dinner early because it looked like he was starting to get a bit tired. We had spaghetti, because it was quick and George likes it...except for tonight. Spaghetti is the worst thing on the planet, apparently.
He finished and we put him to bed. Night time diaper and everything. So, I decide, it's earlier than usual and I am going to use the time to bake bread. I read a recipe I have been interested in trying since Christmas...and realize that I need a 5 Qt. bowl with a lid. So, I tell Eric I'm running to Target. I find the bowl (the trip there wasn't nice since everyone seemed to be in some sort of hurry and wanted to ride my rear-end all the way there...and I was going 5mph over the limit.) I pay for the bowl, and I head home...only to be greated with "Mommeeeeee!"
I love my baby, but I really love him when he naps! :-) Seriously, he is showing no signs of slowing down and we are already a half an hour past his normal bedtime. I may not get to bake bread tonight. We tried the spaghetti a second time...without luck. He had another banana and a piece of store bought bread. The kitchen is now a ball field of some sort and he is having an absolute BLAST! I tried to get the camera, but he sees me and stops to smile!
Right now he's filling the food bowl for the cats and then trying to get Mystery to go eat by telling her to take bites. If you know my cat, this is really funny. He tried to pick her up and move her to the bowl, but to say that didn't go over well would be an understatement. Now he has the broom and is cleaning up his mess from filling the food bowl.
We are going to attempt bedtime, now. I'm not optimistic about how this will work, but we shall give it a go! I'll update later tonight or tomorrow!
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He fought for a bit...required one "visit" and has been sleeping soundly since! Hope it's all night!
posted by Sissy @ 6:47 PM
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2 Comments:
UGH on the early mornings. That just SUCKS. My rule was always if they're waking up crying, go in - if they're waking up happy, let
'em babble and hang out until it's time to get up. Might be good to put a gate in his doorway in case he starts scaling the crib, too. *gulp*
Just so you know, both of your nieces dropped napping all together before they turned 2, so don't be shocked if he does the same. Put him in his crib for "rest time" - you know he's safe and he'll be fine - and if he sleeps he sleeps, if he doesn't he doesn't.
I know I sound evil when I say this but...if he doesn't eat at dinner time, he doesn't get to eat. Don't try to feed him later if he's still awake. He's not going to wither away if he misses a meal, I promise. You don't want him training his body to eat later in the evening, and you don't want him winning the dinner war, either. It's hard to actually *do* it, I know from experience, but you *can* do it, really.
And evil Auntie Sarah's final bit of advice... Bedtime is bedtime. If he hangs out and plays for a while, fine, but he's not allowed to come back out. You're practicing now for moving him to a big boy bed, and you NEED him to understand that bedtime is a hard and fast rule - you don't get back out of the crib and you don't come back out of the room. It'll make it easier on all of you in the long run - trust me.
That's all I've got. GOOD LUCK!
Good advice and it is typically what we do. The waking up happy seems to be happening less and less often, though.
George sleeps with the door closed, so if he does decide to scale the crib, he's not running free. His crib is very deep and he's shown no interest thus far.
We try to do quiet time if there is no nap...and that is kind of what he did. No nap, really, but he did read books and sing a bit before screaming his head off. It was just really short even for quiet time.
He naps on a cot at school and stays there, so I think we could make the transition to a big boy bed without too much difficulty...he understands the concept.
As far as no dinner...I know. Pedi says that at this point they usually will only eat one "big" meal a day. Two eggs for breakfast and a slice of toast and a banana...that was the big meal. The problem with yesterday was that we tried to do dinner early because everything was off...even I wasn't hungry when we had dinner. So, we saved his plate. I don't make two meals and he eats what we eat or he doesn't eat. Yesterday was just strange so we bent the rules.
I'm hoping it was a one off and we can get back to something resembling normal.
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