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I Guess I Asked for a Lion, Didn't I?

Thanks to everyone for the helpful comments on my last post.  I don't know that the trigger was, but I definitely went a little crazy reading those instructions about good napping habits for infants.  Well actually I do know what the trigger was.  Yogi does a lot of crying.  Well, more crying than I had expected.  I've been surprised by how frequently his little alarm system sounds and when I read BW, I just latched right on to all of the over-stimulation and tiredness discussion and immediately thought.... THAT is what it is.  We are wearing the boy out, of course he's crying.  Here at day 4 of life as a person educated on infant cues, he's still a crier.  Oh well.  Who knows.  At least he's getting a little more rest.

And the kid is certainly cute:

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Rambling Towards a Mommy Question

Here is the abbreviated version of my disappointment that I haven't kept up with this blog in the way that I REALLY want to:

Damnit.  It seems that when all is well and Yogi makes sense to me and I'm feeling Hey, Sure I Can Totally be a Mom, I don't slow down long enough for reflection.  The moments when I want to write come when the pendulum swings violently in the other direction into What the Hell am I Doing?/This Blows territory and since I haven't recorded any of the happy stuff, I don't want to blah, blah, blah negativity.  Once again, the answer is balance.  Moderation.  A little of this, a little of that.  Isn't that always the answer?  Yes, it is.  Damnit.

So, on to my question for the Mommies.

When did your little person start taking actual naps?  As in, not just grabbing winks wherever and whenever they can.

I'm asking this question bc I got this book through Paperbackswap.com and it has rocked my world.  Some of the rocking liberating and some of it not so liberating.

The information that she shares related to infant cues (body movements, crying quality and rhythms) is already super useful.  Due largely to the fact that the only direction we got from Dr. Wonderful was "Feed him when he's hungry", I have been focused only on feeding him for the last 8 weeks.   This books' discussion of other cues (over-stimulation, tired, need for a change in scenery) has created a tremendous shift in my connection with Yogi.  I feel like I'm actually HEARING him.

But.... she also says that from 1-18 months old, babies need 15-18 hours of sleep a day.  Wha????  I have no idea how much sleep Yogi actually gets, but I can't imagine it is near this range.  Thoughts?

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