Light sleeper

My kid is a light sleeper and I'm getting really pissed at the people who say he has to learn to "sleep through it." Wtf? How do you teach him that? What kind of training sessions do you set up?

"Ooooooooo...he's asleep now! Let's run the vacuum in his room to train him to sleep through it!" My mom actually told me to...kind of. She said the only time she could vacuum was after I went to sleep because she worked all day. Well, that's great but all it is going to do is wake him up.

Yes, he's slept through Titan barking (one bark) and through a thunderstorm (it was when he first went to sleep at night) but the problem is naps. He doesn't like them but needs them. Oh my Lord, does he need them. 2 hours. That's all. But it is sometimes a struggle to get him down for one because he wants to be up having fun (especially when daddy is home). So any kind of noise is going to wake him up.

I feel like the world is against me on this napping thing. Examples: my 90-year-old neighbor weed whipping right outside X's window. Granger garbage trucks going by our house several times right in the middle of his nap. People knocking at the door causing my dog to go bonkers. Loud motorcycles going sssssslllllloooooowwwwwwwwllllllly by his window. Other neighbor playing his bass way to loud. Everyone firing up their lawnmowers as soon as X is asleep. I could go on. I won't.

And I know I can't control what other people are doing. i can only do my best to make sure he we are excessively noisy while he's sleeping. I've put signs on the doors asking people not to ring the doorbell. I asked the 90-year-old neighbor to hold off on the weed whipping until after 2:30. But I can't ask Granger to change their route. And I can't ask everyone to change their lives just so my kid can get that 2 hours he needs.

and it is about to get worse because Miss Ellison is on her way...well, in two months. At least we have made progress with the naps. Most days it takes about 5-10 minutes for him to fall asleep. Today, it took 45 mins. So, I get stressed out about it because it is hard work and I'm pregnant. It feels like it's is me against the world between the hours of 11:30ish a.m. and 2:30ish p.m.

Even now...we are coming up on the 2 hour mark in about 20 minutes...and I'm almost giddy yet at the same time, holding my breath.