This afternoon I consider myself a success as a mom, and even though it's only 1:50 pm, I'm probably jumping the gun. For weeks I haven't been able to get Payton to take a nap in the afternoons. I'd lay her down and she would cry. Following the 10 minute rule, where you leet a baby fuss/cry for about 10 minutes before picking them up, she would always fuss longer than 10 minutes. Her cries became a painful cry, like she had a burp. So I would pick her up, burp her and soothe her until she would calm down and I would then lay her on her playmat, until her next feeding thus bypassing the nap. Well, apparently, unconsciously, I was decreasing the 10 minutes. I think my child learned my weak spot and found out that I would come to her when she would cry hard enough. And when I'm running around the house trying to get things done, it makes time go by faster, so it seemed like I had waited 10 minutes when I was probably only waiting 3 minutes. After talking to my mom, this afternoon I made the 10 minute rule the 15 minute rule.
She didn't go to sleep after 15 min, but I think she tired herself enough so when i gave her her binky she fell asleep. I managed to get 45 minutes of peace and quiet. Let's hope I can keep this small victory going with more and longer afternoon naps in the future!!
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