Normally Ethan spends the day with Dawn, his babysitter, but today I was off work due to a snow day! Based on Dawn's daily reports, Ethan tends to take 2-3 naps a day ranging anywhere from 1 to 3 hours. She wraps him in his swaddle blanket, tucks his paci in his mouth, and puts him in the swing.
Why doesn't he do this for us????? I do the exact same thing with Ethan but he absolutely refuses to take a nap. He woke up for the day at 7:00 and was ready for a nap by 10:00. I did the normal swaddle, paci, bounce, rock routine with him and got him to fall asleep. He only slept for a half hour! After repeating the whole routine, Ethan would fall back asleep but would wake up every time I tried to put him in his crib or swing. He FINALLY went down from 11-11:50.
When he woke up from this nap, Ethan ate and played and was a happy baby. Around 2:00 he started to get fussy so we began the routine again. Again he only napped for 30 minutes and would not go back to sleep. Here it is 5:00 and he's only had those short naps all day long. It wouldn't be a big deal if he was content while awake but he's screaming at the top of his little lungs. I can't just let him cry it out because even that doesn't work.
Why is it that Ethan naps so well for the sitter but not us? Grrr.....
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