Oh my gosh, I have to vent for half a minute. Nap time has now become the hardest part of my day!! Risden went from being really predictable and taking three naps a day at the same time to complete chaos. Although they were short, at least I knew when he was tired and I could lay him down and he would fall asleep on his own pretty quickly. I don't know if it's a normal thing as he approaches the five month mark, but suddenly nap time has become such a struggle! Now, no matter how tired he is, almost every time I put him down he screams and cries for as long as I leave him in there. I am determined not to give in and let him play instead of nap, so sometimes these sessions last up to an hour, it's so hard! Also, no matter how hard I try, I cannot get him to sleep longer than 45 minutes at a time during the day. I get so frustrated when everywhere I read, they state that 45 minutes is too short, and he should be sleeping for at least 1-2 hours at a time. I wish someone would come to my house and teach Risden how to nap this long, because I do not think it is possible.
The thing is, I probably need to chill out and stop comparing him to what the blogs and books say he should be doing. He sleeps up to 13 hours at night and is pretty active and happy when he is awake. If we are down to two 45 minute naps a day (I know....crazy little) but is happy and sleeping well at night, then I should probably relax, right?
Oh baby sleep, I had no idea how hard all of this would be for me!
Oh the up side, we just found out that Hope and Ben (Judd's sister and her husband) are having a girl!! Risden is going to have a girl cousin in August!
Napping out on a walk (because he boycotted his first nap of the day):
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