12:30 - Lunch time
12:50 - Nap for two hours
3 pm -Wake up from nap
Today was one of those days where I questioned my abilities as a mom. Ok, a bit too dramatic, but sheesh, I at least wondered what did I have to do to get my son to take a nap. I took Jack out to the park by my mom in law's in this 100 degree weather. Granted, it was windy, but that sun beat down on us and Jack was just not feeling the park. Plus he kept doing his eye rub and I thought Sweet, go home, give him a milk, and off to a great nap.
Wrong!!! As soon as we stepped into the house, Jack got that fresh, air conditioned wind in his face and he immediately woke up. A lunch and an hour later, he was still bouncing off the bed,laughing in delight and I could hear my mom in law's dog, Max, eating the remains of lunch as he stood on the table. I felt like a hassled mom on a commercial, where all this chaos was going down and I was about to be whisked away on a cloud to a land where I could lay in a bubble bath. I waited for that cloud, all I was getting was bites from my son. I did everything;
*Sang his favorite guaranteed I will sleep lullabye - Night Train by Alvino Rey - Nothing
*Read him books in the most soothing voice I could produce. Nothing
*Tried to give him another round of milk. Nothing
*Pretended to sleep so he can get the idea and he would sleep.Nothing
At that point, I did something that I have probably done maybe two times in being a mom - I let Jack cry it out. I hate that desperation in their voice, and being a mom, you can tell that the cry means" How could you leave me? I miss you sooooooooo." After 10 minutes, I picked him up. Exhausted from crying,he fell asleep in my arms. He has now been sleeping for 2 1/2 hours as I write this. Time to wake him up.
Alvino Rey's Night Train. In those early stages when Jack was 4 months, and he would not go to sleep, this song would be the only thing that soothed him.
Night Train -
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