The miracle of Chanukah is that one day’s worth of oil lit the menorah for eight days. But we may have witnessed a new Chanukah miracle this week: Levi napping in his crib. Perhaps it was because my visiting mother had the magic touch, or because we’ve crossed over some invisible threshold, but Levi was able to fall asleep in his crib on Monday for his morning and afternoon naps. He did it again on Tuesday. And Wednesday. Yesterday he fought his afternoon nap, so our nanny moved him back into his swing, but I’m hoping that was just a fluke!
Also miraculous, we found Levi sleeping contentedly on his stomach. So far he’s only slept in that position during his naps. For some reason, rolling over during the night still wakes him up. Baby steps…
You’ll notice in these photos that Levi is clutching his Little Giraffe blanky. I had serious reservations about letting him fall asleep with it, as I know that the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend you let your child sleep with soft objects until he is 12 months old. However, Levi is a very tactile kiddo. At night he grabs onto his fleece sleep sack, pulling it up to his chin. Since he doesn’t nap in his sack (so as to differentiate daytime naps from bedtime), we thought that the plushness of the blanky might be soothing–and it was. However, we were vigilant about monitoring Levi while he fell asleep to make sure that he did not cover his face with it, and once he was asleep, we removed the blanky from his crib. I still have some hesitations about it, and I may change my mind about letting him use it. But for now, it works.
When did you start letting your baby sleep with a lovey?
Never did! probably never will. But dont listen to the american college of pediatrics! That is all just a bunch of Physicians who finally came to a consensus on something that may or may not have anything to do with SIDS. I think about it from this stand point…. some things work for some people but NOTHING works for everyone! Medicine has put themselves into a box of this will work for everyone mentality and it is wrong!
On a more positive note… so glad that things are going well around the your household! Happy Chanukah!!!
That’s great! While trying to understand my son’s sleep (or lack of sleep) patterns, I read somewhere that if you can keep something up for 3 days or nights then it’s more likely to become a habit for babies… So hopefully this holds true! Happy Chanukah 🙂
PJ,
Lisa Lucoff here…both my girls love to fall asleep with a little blanket. I gave Kori one about when she turned 4 months with the consent from my Pediatrician. He said as long as it can’t wrap around her neck, it is fine. She literally holds on it while she falls asleep. Makayla still needs her blanket to fall asleep. Don’t worry about it, it is comforting to him! Hopefully he continues to have good sleeping patterns!
Lisa
Thanks, Lisa! I think we may have the same pediatrician… I’m going to double check with him at Levi’s 6 month appointment next week!