Tyler's naptime has become a little hazy over the past few months. Initially we started bribing him to take naps. The first word out of his mouth when he woke up was, "Candy?" This worked for awhile...
...unfortunately, he was always grumpy when I refused to give him more candy.
Lately it takes him sometimes up to two hours to finally settle down and take a nap. And, no matter what time of day the nap comes, he has a hard time falling asleep at bedtime. He is usually up for another hour or two trying to fall asleep.
I know he probably needs a short nap most days (especially today after only getting about 9 hours of sleep last night--much less than his normal 12 hour nights). But, I think our napping days are coming to an end. I guess as long as he will play in his room and let me rest, than I shouldn't complain.
...unfortunately, he was always grumpy when I refused to give him more candy.
Lately it takes him sometimes up to two hours to finally settle down and take a nap. And, no matter what time of day the nap comes, he has a hard time falling asleep at bedtime. He is usually up for another hour or two trying to fall asleep.We finally decided to try a new plan. I still need some alone time and a moment to nap. So, today, I put his Lightning McQueen tent in his room and some Legos in the tent. I laid Tyler in his bed for a nap, but instead of constantly going into his room to tell him to go to sleep, I let him play while I relaxed and took a short cat nap. After playing happily in his room for almost 1 1/2 hours, he started shouting, "Mom! Tyler's all done sleeping!" Ha, ha! He hadn't even gone to sleep yet. I ignored him for a short while. Eventually, the monitor went silent. Then, the snoring got very loud. This is how I found him in his room.
I know he probably needs a short nap most days (especially today after only getting about 9 hours of sleep last night--much less than his normal 12 hour nights). But, I think our napping days are coming to an end. I guess as long as he will play in his room and let me rest, than I shouldn't complain.
2 comments:
That's great. What a funny kid. He looks like he overdosed on candy in the first two pictures. So funny. I set it as my dad's desktop background. :)
That is so funny that Tyler did that! Mckay has the same kind of tent that we put over his bed and he won't go to sleep unless he sleeps in his tent.
I don't have problems putting him down for naps BUT, we have the same problem you do but at bed time. It takes us about 2 hours to get him to bed! I will be SO sad when Mckay doesn't take naps anymore.
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