My time with my blog, myself, my camera, the TV, my hidden cookie jar falls entirely after baby G falls asleep for the night. I've been trying to get Baby G to learn to sleep on his own on the bed (other than me rocking him to sleep in his cradle). The past few nights have been long and I've ended up sleeping even before him. He tosses and turns and the slightest little light from my phone or iPad, he wakes up like its morning. It's a task. Huge task.
Today I seem to have improved and now here I'm with my blog. Baby Gs bedtime is nothing past 9pm. I usually give him his bath and then his bottle of milk and by 9 he is sound asleep. The trick is to evenly space his sleep times during the day. He gets his fours hours of sleep, (two for morn and two after noon) during the day. So when it is 8pm, he knows it's time to eat and sleep. We usually spend half hour with his bedtime storybook or singing rhymes together before his bath. He gets peppy enough for bath but tired enough for sleep this way.
Now I've taken to bedtime stories without a book and within cuddled sheets. He takes a while to feel drowsy and when he does he usually turns away and fidgets with fabric. Then he needs to be patted a little. It's been successful so far! Hoping to get him to learn to sleep on his own. Fingers crossed!
Tip: Never let a sleepy child play with a phone. One, he drowsy dials anyone. Two, he doesn't return your phone.
Today I seem to have improved and now here I'm with my blog. Baby Gs bedtime is nothing past 9pm. I usually give him his bath and then his bottle of milk and by 9 he is sound asleep. The trick is to evenly space his sleep times during the day. He gets his fours hours of sleep, (two for morn and two after noon) during the day. So when it is 8pm, he knows it's time to eat and sleep. We usually spend half hour with his bedtime storybook or singing rhymes together before his bath. He gets peppy enough for bath but tired enough for sleep this way.
Now I've taken to bedtime stories without a book and within cuddled sheets. He takes a while to feel drowsy and when he does he usually turns away and fidgets with fabric. Then he needs to be patted a little. It's been successful so far! Hoping to get him to learn to sleep on his own. Fingers crossed!
Tip: Never let a sleepy child play with a phone. One, he drowsy dials anyone. Two, he doesn't return your phone.
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