Since taking the pacifier away almost three weeks ago, nap time has gone out the window. I decided that today was the day that that was going to change. As I sit here, I can here the chorus of crying from the nursery. Part of me is sad that they are crying, but I know it is better to do it now before they get too much older. I decided the only way to do it was to cry it out with frequent check ins. It seems almost pointless to go in and check on them because all they do is continue to lay there and cry.
Anyway, I read quite a bit and decided to let them CIO for 70 minutes and if they are not asleep by then, we will take a 1/2 hour break and do it all over again. If they have not slept in the second time we will take a short car ride to get them to hopefully sleep for a few minutes and they will try it again this afternoon.
I realized that I can't keep having them not nap as all of us are tired and cranky when Ryan comes home and we all need a break during the day. Yesterday we had to drive to Lincoln about 40 min from home and they both fell asleep for over two hours. It was much nicer at home last night because of their long nap.
They sleep great in their cribs at night. The photos here show how cute they are when they are asleep. I love my boys, but sometimes it can be tough being a mom, especially when there is no break during the day.
I'd let 'em keep the pacifiers just for my own sanity. ;-) Each kid is different. Mikaela wouldn't even take one, but Sofia just had such a strong need to suck that a pacifier was my salvation on many an occasion. Eventually she switched over to thumb sucking, but quit that before she was a year old. I can't imagine twins though - must be tough! They are so cute. :-)
ReplyDeleteI used to be anti pacifier too but young babies need it. They really do. I let Aiden have one and by 7 months he never took one again. My fear was that he'd be attached to it until he was 3 but nope, he's over it!
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