Dropping a nap
Yuck. I do not like those transitions. Going from three naps to two didn’t seem to be too tough. Going from two down to one is not pretty at our house. Lately, A has been fighting his morning nap. He used to go down okay, and then about three hours later, he’d take his afternoon nap. Well, in the last week, the morning nap has become a struggle. So, for the past few days, we have tried to go without it. Neither option is great. Today, A had a 8 minute nap on the way to town to get gas and go to the library. Then, he was pretty sleepy during lunch, so I laid him down thinking that he should sleep for at least an hour or two. Well, after forty-five minutes, he was up. I tried to help him go back to sleep, but he didn’t think that was a good idea. So, right now, we’re at 12 months old, awake from 7am to 7 or 8pm, and 1 hr of sleep give or take 10 minutes. Maybe tomorrow will be better?
I keep trying to remind myself not to get too frustrated, because as with anything else at this age, it’s a phase and it can change overnight. Hopefully tonight is that night!
We’ve been going thru this too. Finally, this week, we are officially down to one nap. Unfortunately it’s over the lunch hour, so Ladybug is cramping Momma’s social life. And she has never taken long naps. So I feel your pain. Repeat after me, It’s only a stage. It’s only a stage.
Ick. Dropping naps was never fun. I remember for awhile when Aaron dropped his he kept it “morning nap” and slept from like 11-1 then ate lunch…Good luck with A man!
Z has always been a horrible napper and doesn’t take the longest naps ever, either. If we’re in the car, he’ll take 2 naps. Some days he’ll take 2 naps but lately it’s been one very needed nap. He wakes up at 7 every morning no matter what time he went to bed so naps are needed. *sigh*