Another Milestone

This long weekend will mark another milestone - more for me, than for Bryan actually if you read on.

My MIL and I have been rocking Bryan for his naps since the day he was born. In fact, we used to rock him at night as well but then I found out by chance one day that if I switched all the lights off and stayed very still, Bryan is able to roll around in our bed for 1/2 hour and then fall asleep by himself. Welllll....not TOTALLY by himself, he needs to hold both my thumbs and play with them until he's in zzzzzzzzzzzz. Don't know what's with the thumbs.

Anyway, Bryan must be pushing 12kgs now and that's really no joke to still be rocking him to sleep although it usually doesn't take more than 10mins. The last weekend when I did this, my arms almost broke and I had a shooting pain done my spine, which ached dully the whole wekeend. So this rocking business had to stop. Coincidentally, my friend whose daughter just turned 2yrs went through the same thing. I'd asked her for tips, and her method was really of force. Each time the daughter got up, they would make her sleep again. Now Bryan is what books classify as a "Spirited" baby, in Malaysian terms, "Naughty & Stubborn" lah. So I think besides forcing him to sleep like what my friend did, I can't think of any other way that will work for him.

I've tried:
- putting soft music
- telling a story (doesn't last 1/2 second until he walks away)
- singing (even worse....must be my voice)
- patting (won't keep still)

Hence this weekend, since I've got 3 days with him, I'll give the brutal method a try. If you have any humane method, please let me know!