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18 Mos Old Wakes Up Screaming From Naps After 30 Min
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I opened my daycare in August 2014. So far I have not had many problems, as I was a nanny and a preschool teacher, and then a kindergarten teacher for many years. However, I am now struggling with a nap issue with a new DCK and would love any advice!
This child is still breastfed to sleep at home for naps on the weekend, otherwise when Mom can't be there to put him down, Dad or Aunt or Grandma rock him to sleep, after which they tell me he sleeps for a good 1 1/2-2 hours. Here he will only sleep for 25-30 minutes before he wakes up screaming bloody murder! I moved him to a pack n play in our master bedroom so he won't disturb the other kids, but it is getting pretty frustrating. The family co-sleeps at night, and so do we, but my 18 mos old daughter is crib-trained for naps and goes down with no fuss, as do all my other daycare kids. I have a good daily and naptime routine, and by the time we go to our pack n plays most kids eyes are so heavy they are asleep before they hit the mat LOL.
I should add that he only comes here MTW and is home with Dad on Th and F. The first week I had him in Dec, I stayed in the room on the ground next to his pack n play until he fell asleep, then returned when he woke after 30 min and shushed him and patted his back, and sat outside his pack n play for 1 1/2 hours while the other kids slept - if I attempted to leave the room he would FLIP OUT and wake everyone else. I grew pretty tired of that, as naptime is my only time to regroup and clean/organize. So, this week I had him MTW and have him as a drop-in again today. On Wed I was pretty fed up and, after reading several threads related to the subject on here, began the Ferber method. He slept for the first 30 min of naptime, after which I went in, shushed him and patted his back, and left for 2 min, went back in, shushed and patted, went back in after 5 min, shushed and patted, 10 min, then every 10 min until naptime was over. He screamed THE WHOLE TIME (about 1:15-3 pm). He is currently flipping out again, same exact thing.
As a co-sleeper it is very hard for me to hear him cry, but I also want to do what is best for him in terms of adjusting. Mom is on board to nap-train at home, as I said it was important that naptime at home be as close as possible to naptime here. My question is, has anyone else gotten through this experience? Am I doing it right? Anything I should change or adjust? Am I reinforcing the crying by going in every 10 min? How many days will he cry like this for? I am willing to tough it out if it is going to wear him down eventually, I just need to see a light at the end of the tunnel!! Thanks for any advice or encouragement anyone can give me!!
I opened my daycare in August 2014. So far I have not had many problems, as I was a nanny and a preschool teacher, and then a kindergarten teacher for many years. However, I am now struggling with a nap issue with a new DCK and would love any advice!
This child is still breastfed to sleep at home for naps on the weekend, otherwise when Mom can't be there to put him down, Dad or Aunt or Grandma rock him to sleep, after which they tell me he sleeps for a good 1 1/2-2 hours. Here he will only sleep for 25-30 minutes before he wakes up screaming bloody murder! I moved him to a pack n play in our master bedroom so he won't disturb the other kids, but it is getting pretty frustrating. The family co-sleeps at night, and so do we, but my 18 mos old daughter is crib-trained for naps and goes down with no fuss, as do all my other daycare kids. I have a good daily and naptime routine, and by the time we go to our pack n plays most kids eyes are so heavy they are asleep before they hit the mat LOL.
I should add that he only comes here MTW and is home with Dad on Th and F. The first week I had him in Dec, I stayed in the room on the ground next to his pack n play until he fell asleep, then returned when he woke after 30 min and shushed him and patted his back, and sat outside his pack n play for 1 1/2 hours while the other kids slept - if I attempted to leave the room he would FLIP OUT and wake everyone else. I grew pretty tired of that, as naptime is my only time to regroup and clean/organize. So, this week I had him MTW and have him as a drop-in again today. On Wed I was pretty fed up and, after reading several threads related to the subject on here, began the Ferber method. He slept for the first 30 min of naptime, after which I went in, shushed him and patted his back, and left for 2 min, went back in, shushed and patted, went back in after 5 min, shushed and patted, 10 min, then every 10 min until naptime was over. He screamed THE WHOLE TIME (about 1:15-3 pm). He is currently flipping out again, same exact thing.
As a co-sleeper it is very hard for me to hear him cry, but I also want to do what is best for him in terms of adjusting. Mom is on board to nap-train at home, as I said it was important that naptime at home be as close as possible to naptime here. My question is, has anyone else gotten through this experience? Am I doing it right? Anything I should change or adjust? Am I reinforcing the crying by going in every 10 min? How many days will he cry like this for? I am willing to tough it out if it is going to wear him down eventually, I just need to see a light at the end of the tunnel!! Thanks for any advice or encouragement anyone can give me!!
good advice
: Like I said, stinker!
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