Fail-y
So yesterday was the worst day ever and then I had some wine and a margarita and it was still the worst day ever. Next time I am totally doing the mascara trick. Brilliant.
Today is better but there is no nap happening and it’s making me squirrely and making me feel incompetent. Should I force the nap somehow? I have no PLAN. So far I’ve done all the wrong things. I let him come out of his room and tried to get him to have lunch or at least a snack (not much luck), then he played legos for a while and then I let him watch the Aristocats, then he drew with chalk, played with his fishing pole and made water balloons.
Clearly I need a plan.
The Plan.
For the next however many days I will not go out in the morning with Jack unless it is just across the street to the library. This might be happening because he gets overly tired.
I will attempt to nap him a bit earlier than usual. Say, 11:00 or 11:30
I will continue with my usual reading or 3-4 books
I will be firm.
Somehow explain to a 2.5 yr old that he needs to rest and/or sleep.
um. something else?
Lately I’ve been finding myself standing around saying to myself, “now what do I do?”
and my brain comes up with no answer.
*****
Okay I think he is asleep now. I put him in his crib and told him it was time to nap. I left the room and got out of sight. He cried and whined for about 15 minutes and now it is quiet. I’m afraid to go look.
Now what do I do?
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September 16, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Baby D is the worst. sleeper. ever. And a champion sleep fighter. I found the book “Sleepless in America” to be very helpful. It’s got stuff about not missing sleep windows and stuff. I’ve got it down for nap (he’s usually out in 5-10 minutes) but still working on bedtime.
September 17, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Regarding napping, I would tell my boys that, alright, I’ll tell you what, lay here quietly (quietly being the key word) listening to music (back then, it would be an lp) but even a children’s cd, or music he likes, and if they was still awake after the music, they could get up ….. and it always worked. Calmed them down, and to sleep before the music ended. Good luck!
September 18, 2009 at 1:46 am
It must be in the air. My little beasts take 1-4 hours to go to sleep and forget about naps. Tonight they found an errant crayon and colored on the walls, trashed the blinds, flung milk all over the bedding, stripped naked, and were generally horrific. I have no plan other than putting myself in time out and drinking wine with the little dog while they destroy their room and I occassionally go in to give them stink eye until they crumble and weep.
September 24, 2009 at 5:34 am
Yeah. Wish I had answers. Daytime naps we still have to walk around with him in the stroller for up to an hour and a half.
Night-time we have a more-or-less strict routine of Bottle, Bag (sleeping bag), Books, Brush (teeth) and bed. Occasionally we have to still put the timer on and do the ‘controlled crying’ thing, but he’s generally asleep within half an hour, sometimes rarely 45minutes.
Anyway, sometimes there *are* no answers. You’re his mum, you know him best, so if you can’t figure it out, maybe no-one can.
When all else fails there’s sitting on the back step with a coffee and a ciggie/bottle of bubble mixture.
December 1, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I know this is a year and a half ago, but honestly– some kids just don’t need naps. Alea stopped napping at about 20 months and never napped again. Hunter would still be napping if I’d let him, and he’s 16…
December 1, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Thank god this napping bullshit is over. srsly! now jack naps or not. if he doesnt nap he goes to bed at 6:30 or 7. Sometimes instead of napping he playing in his room for 3 hours and that works for me. lately he decides he wants a nap at 3pm and then sleeps til 6, wakes up and has dinner, plays and then goes back to sleep for the night.
omg. if i have another baby i will have to deal with all this nap bullshit again! erg!
December 3, 2010 at 11:25 am
LMAO. But you already answered the problem…they nap or the don’t. For an extremely young baby, it’s very important, but once those little fucks are walking– it’s just sorta hit or miss. I remember Alea looking at me, very sternly, and saying, “No.Nap.”
Hunter never really requested a nap, but he’d get funky each afternoon if I didn’t nap him. He never whined about it or cried, he was always more than happy to crawl into bed and go to sleep.