I am frustrated, the kind where I need to scream into a pillow. For the past three days Eli has refused an afternoon nap. I know children sleep better when well rested, so this is just spiralling downward and out of control. Tonight he is refusing to go to sleep. It slept for about 2 hours and then woke up. He will not go back to sleep. I have tried everything out of my bag of tricks. Now Aaron is with him and I am venting. He needs to sleep... I need him to sleep. I am fundamentally against having my children cry it out. It goes against every maternal fiber in my body, but if this doesn't improve I may have no choice. If it comes to that, I will have to leave the house. I can not handle my child screaming for me and me ignoring it. I am really hoping I don't have to go that route.
At the moment Eli is quiet. Maybe Aaron was successful in this endeavor. I need some chocolate.
Xavier was never a good sleeper. My strategy when he was really little was to let him figure it out. He had a toy bunny that played music so it would entertain him but I don't he slept much and rarely napped. At nearly 14 he still doesn't sleep well. We were up with him until 1 am on Saturday night trying to help him sleep - lots of sleepy tea and tummy rubs and still no sleep.
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