starting over

I was so happy with the progress we were making with nap time, but then Thursday came. We went to Refresh in the morning and she fell asleep in the car on the way home. She took a wonderful 2 hour+ nap. Later that day I went for a walk and she fell asleep in the stroller for about 30 minutes. After allowing her to fall asleep while on the move I did not have an easy time on Friday. She took 2 half hour naps that day. I NEEDED her to sleep longer for quite a few reasons: (1) I was spoiled from the previous 2 days, (2) I had to pack because we were going away for the weekend, (3) I tried 5 times to get her to nap only being successful twice. She kept telling me she was tired so I kept trying - big mistake. That only gets me frustrated. So, Friday didn't go my way. Since we were in Tecumseh for the weekend I let her fall asleep for all but 1 nap in the car. Saturday she took her usual 3-30 minute naps and Sunday she didn't get a chance to sleep until we were driving home from church. She was still talking to herself when we turned down their street and by the time we got out of the car she was out cold. She slept for 2 hours with the help of the white noise. Then took another hour nap on the drive home.

I thought I was using the "No Cry Sleep Solution" method of getting her to fall asleep on her own, but after skimming the book as a refresher I realized that I am in fact using the Sleep Lady Shuffle. Very similar concepts, except that with the no cry the parent makes the call on how quickly to move. I would rather not have another thing to debate and question myself over so I'm going with the sleep lady who says to move every 3 days. She's doing great! I found that I might be waiting just a bit too long to lay her down so last night I tried to get her eased into bed when she was still just a teensy bit more awake. I ended up having to sit by her crib for 30 minutes, but amazingly it still worked. I decided not to confuse things with nap time and keep the chair in the same place for both naps and bedtime. Monday was a fairly decent day, Tuesday good, today awesome. She took a 2 hour nap this morning and is now at 45 minutes for her 2nd nap. I already cleaned the whole house so I'm pretty much just chillin'. Wow! Really? I'm just sitting here...guilt free. aaahhhh! This is nice. I love nap time.