After the wedding week, Colin has adjusted his sleep schedule so that he is staying up until 11 o'clock at night. Colin has also decided that he rather liked sharing a room with Mama and Dada at my mom's house and is now refusing to sleep in his room.
It. Is. Awesome.
bangs head against wall.
He's screaming for like 2 hours at night before finally falling asleep in his crib. Then he wakes up and screams again during the night. And he won't take naps either, instead screaming and pointing to our bedroom.
"Mama bed! Wan Mama bed! No me bed! MAMA BED!!!" repeat for two hours.
I'm wondering if its worth fighting it, since we're going on vacation on Saturday and will probably be sharing rooms and having weird schedules again.Is it better to insist that when we're at home he needs to sleep a certain way? Or just let it go since we'll be gone again? Or will we regret letting his schedule/etc be off for so long?
I'm too tired to decide. Any advice?
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We went through a phase like this with Ben while he was 2. Super fun. We decided to go with whatever made everyone sleep. I know Dr. Sears and Nanny 911 and the baby professionals would be horrified by this, but I am not a very nice mom when I am sleep deprived. We’re all happier when we sleep, particularly when mom sleeps. So, we ended up letting Ben fall asleep in our bed (at regular bedtime — scott or I would pretend we were going to bed) and then we’d attempt to move him to his bed later. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. Eventually it started working every night, and then he just slept the whole night in his bed. It took some time, but we were all better for it, I think.
Let me know if you figure it out! We’re all in the same bed right now since our furniture except for our bed and the couch went to storage last weekend. I am terrified that A will seek to make it permanent!
Yeah – thats what i’m afraid of – that if we let him do this for a few weeks, he’ll never go back to normal!
GAH! why won’t kids sleep?
After my husband’s deployment last year, my Colin did much better than I expected because of all the prep work we had done discussing his move from Mama’s bed to his bed again. I don’t have much advice, but I think I would tolerate til vacation is over and keep saying when we get home, back to your cage, er, bed! Or let him go to sleep in your bed and move him. It’s so hard!!
It really depends on if you want the fight now, or when you get back from vacation. Personally I wouldn’t fight until you are back and ready to be in the normal schedule, almost a waste of your sanity.
I would wait until you return- why have two fights!?! I know it’s not what the experts recommend, but sometimes sanity is worth more than what the experts advise.
Yeah, thats what Im thinking. Why fight twice, right?