Nap Training

So we are trying out some nap training these days. Specifically this is Day 3 of my efforts to make sure Amelia has her morning nap in her crib. She has been crying up there for 46 minutes. Every now and then a long silence fills me with hope, but then the silence is broken by an offended, angry wail.

I think that part of motherhood is constantly being filled with doubt.

But I really want to try to stick to this plan for at least 10 days. I think that Amelia and I would both have better days if we had some sort of routine, and a morning nap seemed like a good place to start. Amelia generally gets tired and grumpy about an hour and a half to two hours after she wakes up in the morning, sometimes sooner. Once she starts rubbing her eyes and making this Marge Simpson-esque droning, grunting sound, she is no fun to be around and has no fun herself. So I have started a little nap routine: a diaper change, reading three book, a short nursing session, and into the crib. The first day Amelia kind of talked to herself for 25 minutes, then cried for 25 minutes before she fell asleep and slept for an hour and a half. Yesterday she cried for about 20 minutes and slept for 40. (That was not long enough for her; she was grumpy again half an hour later). Today she is apparently testing my resolve.

I am going to try to make it 10 more minutes.

In other news, everyone agrees that Amelia is the prettiest baby in town. People stop us when we are out in the stroller to comment on her lovely eyes and fabulous hair. Even the other mothers in the play groups we go to talk about what a beautiful baby she is.

Also, A has moved on to a few more solids: broccoli the other day, which she did not really like, and an applesauce plum concoction that, when I mixed it with rice cereal, tasted like pie filling. It was delicious; she loved it. She likes to grab the spoon when you feed her and try to do it herself. I think tonight we are going to try green beans.