
This mom is about to go bonkers!
So the story is, Jace has always been a pretty good sleeper, even within the last few months, we would put him down with a bottle and he would go to bed, put him down for a nap with a bottle at 10:30 am, and go to sleep, same thing at 2:00. But then we decided to try and train him to not use the bottle because we didn't want him to get used to it too much and we didn't want him getting bad ear infections (like Joe has and had). So we started the process of "crying it out" and the bedtime thing came pretty quickly, within a couple of days. However, nap time has gone the complete opposite! He hates naps and would still cry it out for an hour or longer. And so a couple of days ago I got to a breaking point of not making him cry it out for naps cause it just wasn't going well, I decided to try to give his bottle back for naps but he refuses the bottle and just has a terrible time trying to take naps now. So then I tried the crying it out thing again today, which was another hour. I know I should just probably stick to it, but it's just so hard!! It's emotionally taking me out. So then I decide to just not make him take a nap and he is super grumpy I have no schedule to my day whatsoever and by the end of the day just feel like screaming!
However, I know I should be grateful that he at least sleeps through the night and puts himself to sleep. I dont know, all I know something has got to change. He is just so grumpy through the day, which makes me grumpy and I am frustrated cause he used to do naps so well. So this is our nap crisis.