It bit her in the butt...

My cousin has an almost 1 year old, and the girls are almost 6 months old, so everything that my cousin has done my family has said, "well with Joshua this is what Melissa has done...."

One of the biggest differences is she has no respect for his napping needs. None. He will cry and cry, rub is his eyes and then eventually realize she is not putting him down for a nap and try and play with things (this is after I am saying, "Melissa...he wants to sleep, put him down now and he will go to sleep"). So, they are always out and about. However, now she wants him to take naps and the ONLY way for him to go to sleep (at a year old!) is by a car ride. If she tries to put him in his crib he will SCREAM until she gets him (she always does, takes him out and lets him play). So, she gets up in the car they drive around the block a couple of times and then she brings him back in and puts him down.


HOWEVER, the girls (knock on wood) are doing a really good job with naps. I can just lay them in their bed, kiss them night night, turn on their crib toy and walk out of the room. No tears. This however is after months of hard work, and me respecting their nap needs. One STTN and the other does not, but she gets up to eat (for about 10 minutes) and goes right back down, sometimes twice a night but no big deal.

It felt sooooo good the other day when her mom said, "wow...your girls are such good nappers, I wish Joshua would take a nap like that!"

 

I don"t like it when people try to make there children seem better because they do things differently. Great job keeping your cool, your babies showed them huh!!! Good job with the sleep training, that must feel really good-quite an accomplishment :clapping: !!!!!

Jen

 

I hate the competition between family. My cousins and I have kids all around the same age and I know our parents talk about all of us. But yeah for having one thing.. and poor lil Joshua.. he just wants to nap!

 

Yay for good naps! I really dislike competition in families <_< . We have some in mine, of course. I don't think it's healthy.

 

Glad yours go down so good That is great. It is so important to listen and pay attention to what the babies need when it comes to sleep. Great job!!!

Dianna

 

Good for you! :lol:

 

Congratulations! I bet that felt good. I also dislike comparisons like that. Luckily my BIL is no longer married to "our children are a competition and mine are always winning". <_<

 

It was so hard when for so long my family would say, "are the girls going to have to take a nap soon?" (in an annoying voice). I tried to explain to them that they really cannot stay awake for more than an hour (now its closer to 1.5-2).

I definitly don't like competition between the babies. Sometimes someone will say "shes the pretty one" and not only does that make me mad, but HELLO they are identical!

 

Good job with the napping routine. Sometimes families just don't understand that in order to have happy babies, your schedule usually has to revolve around theirs. We have been late to family get togethers b/c it was during part of naptime. You just have to stick to what you and your babies know, a daily routine is what keeps us MOM's going.

 

Good job taking care of your babies needs and not worrying about what others said. You did it right and are reaping the rewards. So are your girls!