One morning last week, after Colin had an especially wakeful night, I convinced my husband that we needed to move forward with getting the boy into his crib. Wouldn't you just know the kid gets a fever of 102 that afternoon? He had no other symptoms until a day or two later, when he got a wretched cough(that he has now passed on to his parents). I think he and Daddy were in cahoots. So the project to get him in his crib at night has been put on hold. Also, the woman who runs my PPD group made a good point: whether he is aware of it or not, maybe my husband is fighting this because he needs the comfort of having Colin in bed with us (due to the no job stress, etc.)
My current plan for naps (just started yesterday) is that I read Colin a book or two, turn on what we call the 'sleepy CD',* nurse him, and put him in the crib. Then I pop in the earplugs and sit in the rocking chair in his room and do a crossword puzzle. We've had mixed results so far, but right now Daddy is sitting in there reading (reports that Colin cried for about 15 minutes before sleeping). My theory was that he wouldn't keep crying holding out for us to come back in after 5, 10 or 15 minutes if we just remained present, but ignored him. The only interaction we've had so far is to lay him back down when he stands in the crib. I'm also working on the theory that when Colin wakes up from his nap and we're still sitting there maybe it will make him feel better...or something??
^^^ once again, I had more to say, but Daddy is ready for me to swtich with him (Daddy has a nasty cold, so he gets his way today)... I gotta go ... no time to spell check.
* Not really a big Kenny Loggins fan myself, but this CD was given to Colin. It must have some magic spell in it because it has helped him sleep since he was about 5 months old. There are some really beautiful songs on there, especially the last two.
