Showing posts with label papi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label papi. Show all posts
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Papi Report
Emme is offically papi-free and has been for about 2 weeks now. I still have a little problem getting her to nap without one at home, but they say they have no problems at school. I think that it is because her room is not completely dark during the day and the school is. Aaron & I have talked about putting a black-out shade in her room to see if that helps. We'll see! I'm sort of sad to see it go - it was like the last of the "baby" things Emme did/had. Well, she still has her crib, but she's getting to be such a big girl now!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Ketchup Post
I forgot to post about Emme's latest teeth....it was probably because they took almost 2 months to come in. Anyway, Emme's bottom canines popped through on Jan 3rd. So now she has everything but her upper canines & 2 year molars.
We are starting to consider taking away the papi. Her teachers wanted all of the kids to be papi-free by the time they returned from Christmas break, but that just did not happen for Miss Em! We tried (although not whole-heartedly) and when I put her down for a nap without one on December 30th, she threw the biggest fit you've ever seen and ended up throwing herself out of her crib. Yikes! Her adrenaline was so high that it didn't even phase her and she didn't cry any harder than she had been. She didn't have any injuries either. So at that point, I stopped the papi purge idea, bit the bullet and told Ms. Yvette that we had failed in our mission. She was ok with it, but then this weekend a small breakthrough. Emme took 2 naps, one Sunday & one Monday without the papi and then she went to bed last night without one also. Now, when I woke her up this morning, the little stinker had found one in her bed during the night, but I know for a fact that she went to sleep without it. We celebrate small victories! Jackson was 21 months when we got rid of his, so Emme has some time, but she's definitely on her way to a papi-free existence!
We are starting to consider taking away the papi. Her teachers wanted all of the kids to be papi-free by the time they returned from Christmas break, but that just did not happen for Miss Em! We tried (although not whole-heartedly) and when I put her down for a nap without one on December 30th, she threw the biggest fit you've ever seen and ended up throwing herself out of her crib. Yikes! Her adrenaline was so high that it didn't even phase her and she didn't cry any harder than she had been. She didn't have any injuries either. So at that point, I stopped the papi purge idea, bit the bullet and told Ms. Yvette that we had failed in our mission. She was ok with it, but then this weekend a small breakthrough. Emme took 2 naps, one Sunday & one Monday without the papi and then she went to bed last night without one also. Now, when I woke her up this morning, the little stinker had found one in her bed during the night, but I know for a fact that she went to sleep without it. We celebrate small victories! Jackson was 21 months when we got rid of his, so Emme has some time, but she's definitely on her way to a papi-free existence!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Papi Update
REVISED POST:
It has now been 2 hours and J is still asleep...our stinkin dog just barked and he stirred a bit, but he drifted back off. Getting him down was a little rough, but not as bad as yesterday.
ORIGINAL POST:
Naptime started out ok yesterday...he had been sleeping for about an hour and then suddenly woke up. He was inconsolable. I tried getting him back to sleep but when that didn't work I took him down to eat lunch. He cried through that as well and wouldn't eat, so I figured he was just overly tired so I went and put him in his bed. All hell broke loose and he screamed and screamed. I thought I'd let him cry it out, but after about 30 minutes I knew he was not going to go to sleep, plus I couldn't handle the cries for Mama. The weird thing was that never once did he ask for his "mammy." Once I got him and held him a little bit, he snapped out of it and started playing. Oh, his teachers are going to hate me if that is what he does every day!
Bedtime is a totally different story. He goes down, no problem and slept until 8 this morning. I wish naptime was this easy. I'm sure it'll get a little better everyday...we'll see how it goes today.
It has now been 2 hours and J is still asleep...our stinkin dog just barked and he stirred a bit, but he drifted back off. Getting him down was a little rough, but not as bad as yesterday.
ORIGINAL POST:
Naptime started out ok yesterday...he had been sleeping for about an hour and then suddenly woke up. He was inconsolable. I tried getting him back to sleep but when that didn't work I took him down to eat lunch. He cried through that as well and wouldn't eat, so I figured he was just overly tired so I went and put him in his bed. All hell broke loose and he screamed and screamed. I thought I'd let him cry it out, but after about 30 minutes I knew he was not going to go to sleep, plus I couldn't handle the cries for Mama. The weird thing was that never once did he ask for his "mammy." Once I got him and held him a little bit, he snapped out of it and started playing. Oh, his teachers are going to hate me if that is what he does every day!
Bedtime is a totally different story. He goes down, no problem and slept until 8 this morning. I wish naptime was this easy. I'm sure it'll get a little better everyday...we'll see how it goes today.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
No mo' papi
I did it! So I had totally intended to give Jackson his papi (with a hole cut in it) last night after his bedtime book. I had heard of lots of people doing this and our doctor even suggested it, but on a whim as I was kissing him goodnight and he asked for it, I said "no, you're a big boy and besides you have your nini (blanket), elephant and puppy, so you don't need your papi." I laid him down, fully expecting a meltdown, and turned out the light. To my utter delight, he didn't even let out one single wimper! He slept soundly through the night. He did wake up earlier than normal, but it still was only about 7:30, so I'll take it! He immediately wanted to play trains & watch the farm animal video, so that is what we are doing now. Maybe cold turkey is the way to go??? I can only pray naptime will go as smoothly, but I'm not that disillusioned! Go Jackson...we are SO proud of you!
In other news, Emme did NOT sleep through the night - only about 4 hours before waking. You win some & you lose some. We'll get 'em next time!
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