Sayle’s Version of “Not Tired”-Video Post
Most nights Sayle goes to sleep easily; however, there are some nights he simply refuses to go down. He is visibly exhausted with his sleepy eyes and massive yawns, but he will fight sleep till the end in order to show me he is “not tired.” I have tried snuggling with him and rocking him, but he turns this into play time by twirling my hair or “chatting” to me. I figure these are the typical things babies do to show their parents how inaccurate their assessment of exhaustation is, as the baby is actually “not tired.”
I have found that if I put Sayle somewhere that keeps him from crawling around, he will settle down to the point he falls asleep easily. This video was taken after 30 minutes of my unsuccessful attempt to get Sayle down. We were trying to eat dinner, so we put Sayle in the highchair next to us. He sat there about three minutes before this starting happening. He was obviously “not tired” at all!!
That is a great video! I get the same thing from Ava sometimes. Next time she is fighting sleep I will try putting her in the high chair!
Hi Crystal! The high chair if I’m in the kitchen or the exercauser with some Baby Einstein works wonders to wind my little sleep fighter down. I think it is just a matter of keeping Sayle from crawling around and getting more stimulated, which only results in his frustration because he is so tired!
If I am rocking him he wants to play in my hair, which I don’t mind, until it becomes a hilarious game. He also tries to engage me in conversation with a consistent string of “ah? ah? ah?” If I ignore him then he decides to talk to himself, but he won’t talk to himself in the crib.
Let me know how it works.