My son is an absolute nightmare with naps. He gets grouchy and moany about two and a bit hours after waking and will practically be asleep on me. I put him in his cot and he screams the fucking house down. He rolls around his cot, gets his legs stuck in the bars, yells like there's no tomorrow and will not settle at all. I can quite often put him down and he'll nod off, but not until he's had a meltdown for a few minutes - it's very rare he's quiet and then snoozes. I am sick of this and had enough. If I go get him he's fine and starts playing - or he'll continue whinging. I can't stand the noise, it's like someone is hurting him and I can't leave him as he's obviously distressed. It's awful.
He can be the same in the afternoon though will usually go to sleep much easier than the morning. I cannot fucking bear it.
We were with family at the weekend and he had half an hour nap between 12 and 8!! He's nearly 8 months and while he still slept through it was a little disturbed and I had to go in to him once or twice when I normally don't have to at all. However it wasn't hard and he went straight back to sleep once he had his dummy back.
I cannot cope with this meltdown when he won't nap so bollocks I'm not doing it anymore. He can sleep when he needs to and wherever for now. I gain absolutely nothing out of this - I spend the whole time he's screaming on edge and end up getting mad when he won't sleep which is ridiculous. He sleeps all night and is a happy boy generally - I am not stressing us both out anymore. I'm back at work in four weeks so whatever I set up now will change when he's with a childminder.
I needed to vent this - it's a battle im not fighting anymore. I need to stop reading stuff about sleep needs and such as I just get stressed. Plus our routine isn't the same daily as we have groups at different times and who the heck lives their lives exactly the same each day??
Screw it!!