For the past 4 days now Adlay has been sleeping much later than usual in the mornings. Normally she is up by 7:30 at the latest. Now it’s more like 9. I am so not complaining about this but rather wondering what to do with it. Because of this early rising she has been taking only one nap a day, after lunch and for like an hour and a half. Is this how she is going to transition from 2 naps a day to 1?
I have heard all different things from all different people. Some say she will do it on her own, others say I need to guide her into the 1 daily nap. The thing is I am not sure I want her to go to one nap. I liked the morning nap because that was my time to take a shower, do the dishes or some laundry or go back to sleep myself. Now I am having to get up before her and do all this stuff because you might not know this but it is impossible to shower, laundry, wash dishes, breathe do much of anything whilst a 16 month old is awake.
Not to mention in the coming days, that’s right days people, we will be moving. I am sure that will disrupt her sleep patterns like a freight train. Plus she will be starting swimming lessons in a few weeks and if this continues she will have to be woken to eat breakfast and get to said lessons, so there is another wrench in this new sleeping situation.
So do I wake her up or let her sleep in? Then what happens when we need to go somewhere in the mornings? I am at a loss. Mommies help me out here. What did you do with yours once they started showing signs of changing their nap schedule? Advice people…..
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
Posted by Donya at 8:33 AM
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Oh Donya, I promise I'm not giggling a little as I know this really is a serious concern of yours.
Conner transitioned from 2 to 1 when we moved to Montgomery. Something about changing scenery and surroundings makes children almost "pliable". When we moved from our temporary housing to our current house is when we gave up the bottle (yes, he took a bottle till 17 months... don't judge!)
I used to think the same things you do now - "When in the WORLD am I going to SHOWER!?!" (OR EAT!?!)... and I would sneak off to shower once Conner was down in the mornings. But then he switched from 2 to 1, and I found myself putting him in his crib, monitor ON, Baby Einstein ON and "power showering".
Then I learned that babies climb out of cribs so I started putting him in the master, while I showered, TV on, nothing too dangerous around and keeping an eye on him through my clear shower doors.
As for getting a kid up for lessons/class/appointments.. PLEASE! I wake up every Tues/Thurs at 6 AM, wake Chase up then too, take a shower while Chase is in his Excersaucer (pretty sure he's getting close to the weight limit on that) which is right next to the shower in the bathroom. Michael wakes Conner at 7:00, then I go to the kitchen to make breakfast for myself, Chase and Conner. I put Chase's eggs on his tray, put his juice there too, put Conner's food in front of him and coach them both through the meal in under 15 minutes.
Then... I MIGHT get to brush my teeth, throw my hair in a ponytail, dress Conner, change Chase, brush Con's teeth and throw them BOTH in the car to be at Conner's preschool by 8:20.
THHHHEEEENNNN, I unload BOTH kids and walk through a parking lot twice the size of the old Reese Phifer lot, caring a 26 pound 15 month-old and squeezing the CRAP out of a 3.5 year old's hand.
My friend Staci, who has 3 children under 4 once told me something that I'll never forget. I was complaining about how would I do something with another kid and she said "Amanda, when you are a mom it's not about HOW you are going to do it... YOU JUST DO IT!"
Um. Yeah. Hope this helps ;-)
I am dreading the transition to 1 nap, too. Partly because of the shower thing and partly because I work back and for shifts (m/w/f mornings and tu/th afternoons) and this way I get one good nap a day out of her and one so-so nap each day. Do you think bribery would work to keep her napping twice a day for the next couple of years?
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