grayson is not a napper. ever since he started sleeping though the night, which is about 10-11 hours, he stopped taking naps during the day. i thought maybe that was normal but other kids sleep through the night and still nap. if i'm lucky he will take a little nap during the day but only if i am holding him, and never more then 45 minutes. 15 minutes is the norm.
moms, do your kids nap on their own or are you making them take a nap?
sometimes if he is really tired i will put him in his crib but he just cries and cries. he will eventually fall asleep but i am lucky if i get a half hour out of that nap.
is this normal? should i force him to nap? maybe he doesn't need them- or is that ridiculous? i honestly don't know. i DO know that most other kids seem to be napping, and they have a schedule. please tell me what works for you, how do you do it?
if i had a child who napped it would make life a bit more glorious. i love spending my days with grayson but it would be nice to be able to pee on my own without having a little person in there pulling at me. i would love to be able to get dressed without having him on my hip. or to be able to walk more then two feet away from him without a full on panic attack.
i know this is normal for children but when do they outgrow the anxiety? i have memories of my sister, where she was at least six, running down the street hysterical after my mom when she left to go out one night. she was screaming and crying and totally out of control. this apparently happened on a daily basis when my mom took her to school as well. please tell me this doesn't last that long!
grayson is a very well socialized baby. he spends lots of time with other people, i don't shy away from handing him into other people's arms. why does he panic now though when i am not at an arms length from him? when we play on the floor he will be in his own world, facing away from me, but every minute or so reach behind and touch me just to make sure i am still there.
is there anything i can do to help him get over this panic? the last couple night's he has woken up screaming so hard that i literally run into the room expecting him to be in some sort of horrible pain. as soon as he sees me though he's okay.
what can i do? please tell me everything that works for you. any advice would be so appreciated.
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with the separation anxiety. Gracie has juuust started to get fussy when I hand her off to other people, but it's nowhere near what you describe... yet. She's just about to turn to 7 months, so a couple months down the road, I may be checking back here to read your comments.
ReplyDeleteAs for the napping, Gracie takes three naps a day (45 minutes each for two of them and 1.5 hours for the other usually). I don't just put her in her crib though. I actively rock her to sleep each time. She always shows tired signs (rubbing eyes, yawning, getting fussy) about 2-2.5 hours after she wakes up. So that equals the three naps usually around 8 a.m., between 11 and 12 and between 2 and 3. BUT, and this is a BIG but, she's a horrible nightitme sleeper. So I don't think you should take my advice on anything having to do with sleep hahaha :)
I'm lucky right now...aydan has no separation anxiety (yet)....he loves people and looking at them and exporing them. hope it stays this way.
ReplyDeleteAydan naps during the day, but we have no set schedule. He either falls asleep when we are holding him, or if we know he is really tired (rubbing eyes and stuff)...we will put him in either his crib upstairs and the pack n play downstairs and he falls aleep. naps are usually pretty short 30-45 mins. He is turning into a pretty good sleeper at night too.
I am right there with you! The only way my little has a nap is in his swing, forget about his crib, and then I feel like a bad mom because 'they' say babies shouldn't spend so much time in seats like that.... sigh, sometimes i think there will always be someone telling us we're doing it wrong. I know other babies who nap better but they don't necessarily sleep better through the night -maybe it's a trade off? I bet he'll grow out of the anxiety thing though, they change so quickly, it will soon be something else if that makes you feel better! Will definitely check back to read the other comments! Good luck.
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