hi!
my 29 mo old and i have been struggling with our naptime routine and getting to sleep. she sleeps in our bed, although her crib is in our (only) bedroom, too. we have a 3 week old baby, and lately i sleep in our family bed with both kids (between them and with bedrails) while my husband sleeps on the futon in the living room (only temporarily, we keep hoping). at night i lay with our toddler until she falls asleep--usually takes 30 minutes, or so--but at naptime (when my husband is at work) toddler is very resistant to falling asleep. she jumps, kicks, hits me occasionally, tosses and turns, gets out of bed, etc., etc. after an hour of this i usually resort to putting her in her crib for 20 minutes of crying (i talk to her from the doorway or sometimes i stay in the room) which tires her out enough that she will lay still with me in bed and finally fall asleep. i know that this method is no good for lots of reasons (crib becomes place of punishment, letting her cry to name a few) but i can't figure out how to change this pattern. when she does finally fall asleep she sleeps soundly for 2 hours, so she clearly still needs her nap, as do i, of course.
not sure what else to include so i'll stop here...
thanks sooo much for any advice!
my 29 mo old and i have been struggling with our naptime routine and getting to sleep. she sleeps in our bed, although her crib is in our (only) bedroom, too. we have a 3 week old baby, and lately i sleep in our family bed with both kids (between them and with bedrails) while my husband sleeps on the futon in the living room (only temporarily, we keep hoping). at night i lay with our toddler until she falls asleep--usually takes 30 minutes, or so--but at naptime (when my husband is at work) toddler is very resistant to falling asleep. she jumps, kicks, hits me occasionally, tosses and turns, gets out of bed, etc., etc. after an hour of this i usually resort to putting her in her crib for 20 minutes of crying (i talk to her from the doorway or sometimes i stay in the room) which tires her out enough that she will lay still with me in bed and finally fall asleep. i know that this method is no good for lots of reasons (crib becomes place of punishment, letting her cry to name a few) but i can't figure out how to change this pattern. when she does finally fall asleep she sleeps soundly for 2 hours, so she clearly still needs her nap, as do i, of course.
not sure what else to include so i'll stop here...
thanks sooo much for any advice!




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