Life with Baby

I read some sleeping advice that has changed my son’s sleeping pattern for the better. The advice was this: “2, 3, 4.”

Basically, when your baby wakes up in the morning, he or she will be tired after two hours and ready for a nap. After the nap, they’ll be ready for a nap three hours after that. And four hours after waking from that nap, it’s bed time.

Now, I don’t know that my son follows that pattern exactly. Actually, probably not at all. But it opened my eyes to the fact that he would be tired soon after waking up in the morning. I just didn’t realize it, and I think it was throwing off his whole day and making him cranky.

This morning, about 1 and 1/2 hour after waking up for the morning, he started acting fussy. I took that as my cue and rocked him to sleep. This happens every morning. It’s amazing because he naps better, and he goes to sleep earlier. All because I got the advice of ‘2,3,4.’

If you have a cranky baby, you may want to try this technique out. Of course, during his naps my son will only sleep on my chest. But at least I get some rest during the day, too.