Sleep

Our little Anna is a great sleeper - at night. During the day? Not so much. But, we've been slowly making some progress this past week.
The girl does not like to sleep during the day, unless it's on me. This would be fine if it was just me and her home, but I can't just hang out on the couch for hours with a 2 year old in the house. There were days when Grace was small that I would just relax and enjoy her sleeping soundly on my chest for hours on end. I loved it, and I do the same with Anna when I have the chance. The challenge is not getting her to fall asleep, but getting her to stay asleep. As soon as I lay her down she wakes up. She can be in a dead sleep and still wake up within minutes of me putting her down. It doesn't matter if I put her in the bassinet, playpen, swing, our bed, etc. The funny thing is, we lay her in her bassinet at night and she sleeps for 6-8 hours!
So, last week in a desperate attempt to get her to nap, I swaddled her. I haven't swaddled her since she was a few days old because she always fought it and hated it. Twice she slept for over 2 hours! Today she had a short 30 minute nap in the morning, and a 2+ hour nap this afternoon, both while swaddled. I'm very hopeful that we will have more daytime naps in our future!