Radosti
01-20-2007, 10:27 PM
DS co-sleeps with us and he falls asleep fine at night. During the day (on weekends) naptime is a complete nightmare. He'll get himself exhausted and still refuse to go down. So far, we've been falling back on the swing. But... he's been over the weight limit for a long time now and yesterday, the swing started making creaking noises. The kiddo is 28.5 lbs and maybe closer to 29 now, so obviously over the limit by a bunch.
We have a brand new mattress and it was $2,000 (just for the mattress, not boxspring) when we got it 6 months ago. Our other kingsdown mattress was terrible after 4 years and sleepy's replaced it, but we had to add $600 to upgrade to this one. I love it, but it's on the firmer side. Much firmer than their little computer told both DH and I that we needed. Still, no complaints from me, DH sometimes would have preferred a softer mattress.
Anyway, my dad has major back pain problems and for his birthday I bought him a Serta 4 pound 3 inch memory foam mattress pad with a down pad cover. He loves it and we actually ended up getting the exact same thing for my uncle (same problems with his back) for his birthday and he loves it as well. For one reason or another, I never needed to put DS down for a nap at my parents' house since I bought them the pad.
Well, today DS needed a nap, so I took him up to my parents' bedroom and put him down on their bed (I stayed with him so he would not roll off). I honestly didn't expect him to agree to a nap. Well, he acted like the mattress was pulling him into it's softness and he got sleepy very quickly. He fell asleep very easily and slept for an hour and 10 minutes. His normal sleep cycle is 40-45 minutes during the day and he never sleeps more than that for a nap, whether he's in the swing or in the daycare crib. He used to sleep for 2-3 hours in the swing, but it's getting tight these days.
Not only did he sleep a while, but he also didn't thrash around like he normally does. In our bed he rolls all around, flips over (so his head ends up where his feet started out), rolls into me and starts crying and kicking. Nope, none of that. On that bed, he stayed comfy on his tummy for the first 40 minutes, then he sat up a bit and I thought he was getting up, but he just rolled to his side and went back to sleep for another 30 minutes in that position. He woke up in a great mood (none of the crankiness we experience every morning in our bed) and was a complete peach for the rest of the visit.
So, what do I do??? Do I spend another $150 for the darn mattress pad for our bed? Do I try to find a smaller one and put it on top of his mattress in his crib, cover with his mattress pad and put a fleece sheet over it? Maybe, *GASP*, just Maybe he would then agree to sleep in his crib? Right now he downright refuses to lie down on the hard crib mattress.
Don't know if I should buy a pad for our super-expensive mattress(it feels like a complete waste of an expensive bed), or if I should buy him his own big boy bed and buy a memory foam mattress for it? Seems early to buy him his own bed.
Oh, I am so confused and I just need a bed that he will sleep on all night without waking up and screaming and kicking me in the process.
We have a brand new mattress and it was $2,000 (just for the mattress, not boxspring) when we got it 6 months ago. Our other kingsdown mattress was terrible after 4 years and sleepy's replaced it, but we had to add $600 to upgrade to this one. I love it, but it's on the firmer side. Much firmer than their little computer told both DH and I that we needed. Still, no complaints from me, DH sometimes would have preferred a softer mattress.
Anyway, my dad has major back pain problems and for his birthday I bought him a Serta 4 pound 3 inch memory foam mattress pad with a down pad cover. He loves it and we actually ended up getting the exact same thing for my uncle (same problems with his back) for his birthday and he loves it as well. For one reason or another, I never needed to put DS down for a nap at my parents' house since I bought them the pad.
Well, today DS needed a nap, so I took him up to my parents' bedroom and put him down on their bed (I stayed with him so he would not roll off). I honestly didn't expect him to agree to a nap. Well, he acted like the mattress was pulling him into it's softness and he got sleepy very quickly. He fell asleep very easily and slept for an hour and 10 minutes. His normal sleep cycle is 40-45 minutes during the day and he never sleeps more than that for a nap, whether he's in the swing or in the daycare crib. He used to sleep for 2-3 hours in the swing, but it's getting tight these days.
Not only did he sleep a while, but he also didn't thrash around like he normally does. In our bed he rolls all around, flips over (so his head ends up where his feet started out), rolls into me and starts crying and kicking. Nope, none of that. On that bed, he stayed comfy on his tummy for the first 40 minutes, then he sat up a bit and I thought he was getting up, but he just rolled to his side and went back to sleep for another 30 minutes in that position. He woke up in a great mood (none of the crankiness we experience every morning in our bed) and was a complete peach for the rest of the visit.
So, what do I do??? Do I spend another $150 for the darn mattress pad for our bed? Do I try to find a smaller one and put it on top of his mattress in his crib, cover with his mattress pad and put a fleece sheet over it? Maybe, *GASP*, just Maybe he would then agree to sleep in his crib? Right now he downright refuses to lie down on the hard crib mattress.
Don't know if I should buy a pad for our super-expensive mattress(it feels like a complete waste of an expensive bed), or if I should buy him his own big boy bed and buy a memory foam mattress for it? Seems early to buy him his own bed.
Oh, I am so confused and I just need a bed that he will sleep on all night without waking up and screaming and kicking me in the process.