Tuesday, September 22, 2009
2 naps or 1??.....
we've definitely entered a phase where i have no idea what's going on with casey's naps.......for so long she was such a predictable and regular napper........2 hours after she woke up she'd be ready for nap 1 which would last about 2 hours, then after another 3 hours of awake time, she'd be ready for nap 2 which again would last about 2 hours, then there'd be about 3 hours before bedtime of playtime........obviously i knew the days of this wonderful predictability would end someday - probably around her 18 month birthday........and sure enough, last week was full of 1 nap days........and not only was there only 1 nap a day, the nap was lucky if it was 45 min long........so we were stuck with a super cranky baby in the late afternoon who didn't want to nap again, then she'd turn into giddy crazy clumsy girl by dinnertime and you'd have to watch her like a hawk to make sure she wasn't crashing into or over something because she was so out of it........we had moved bedtime up to 8pm those days because we felt so awful that she was so exhausted.......it was hard for steve because he got 30 min less time with her at night, but had to do it.......so this week's mission was to see if we could move the 1 nap later in the day and make it longer - so she'd nap from noon-2 or something like that........well my efforts of trying that seem to have been dashed by the return of 2 naps........yesterday she was ready for nap 1 by 10am and after about 30 min of playing in her crib at 3:30 fell asleep again for nap 2........today she went in about 10:30 and fell asleep - jury's out on if there'll be another nap today, but if it goes like yesterday there should be........i can't figure this girl out!!.......i don't care if she does 1 nap or 2, but pick one!.......it's hard to plan anything at this point never knowing when she'll be zonked or not........hopefully it'll all work itself out by the time #2 comes.......i know the new baby will throw things off some, but hoping casey's nap schedule will remain somewhat intact........about the only way i can envision myself being able to handle 2 little ones is if casey's napped well and isn't super cranky or super overtired/goofy.......
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Oh man, Kaylee never napped liked that! She's a champ at night, but has never gone down easily for a nap. It's like she thinks she's missing something. Most of the time you're lucky if you get in one nap that's 30-45 minutes long. She goes to bed early though. She's in bed by 7:30 and awake by 5:00. And it totally doesn't matter how late she goes to bed, she still gets up at 5:00.
I wonder about having baby number 2 as well. After my marathon, we'll be trying for kid number 2. By that time though, Kaylee can probably go to pre-school for a couple half days a week. That will help.
This kid stuff is hard!
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