After the immense failure of cry-it-out the other night and a holiday weekend--which was no time to sleep train--I decided to work on fixing Kailee's nap time issues. Her nap time issues began after she decided she could no longer sleep in her bed at night. As a summertime stay-at-home mom, I was about to go INSANE without at least a short break from Kailee during nap time. I felt like I NEVER got away from her because she wouldn't nap and insisted on sleeping with us. That meant Kailee 24/7!
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My little monkey continued to boycott her bed
by napping in her chair |
Today, I started by getting her situated in her bed with her blankies and reading her favorite book
Sometimes I like to Curl up in a Ball. As I began reading, she started saying, "TV on! TV on!" and when we got to the last page, she started crying, realizing I was about to leave and shut the door. However, I changed my tactic today. I left the door open, knowing full and well that she'd come out. I set a timer for 10 minutes and every time she walked out, I walked her back to bed. There were a few times that she stopped crying and considered staying in bed without protesting, but at the end of the 10 minutes, she was hysterical. I sat her down and told her that I wanted to leave the door open but because she would not stay in her bed, I had to close the door. The crying worsened when I shut the door. Then 30 seconds later, it stopped.
At the 10-minute-post-door-shut mark, Kailee stopped the occasional fussing. She slept for 1 hour 15 minutes. SUCCESS!
XOXO,
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