Every afternoon after lunch I put Sophie down for a nap. If I am lucky she actually naps. If I am not so lucky, she hosts elaborate parties for her stuffed animals and babies in her crib and then is unbearably grouchy from 5:00 on.
The ideal, for all of our sakes, is sleep and so I have gotten pretty good at ignoring her pleas to get out of the crib. Yesterday, I put her down around 12:30 and by 1:15 the house was quiet. Success, I thought and settled down on the couch to watch a little television.
I wasn't sure at first if it was someone on the street below, so I muted the TV. It was Sophie. I tried to ignore her, but she only got louder, "COME HERE NOW MAMA!!". I tiptoed into the hallway and turned on the hall light, opened the bedroom door a crack, and Sophie proclaimed, "I can't sleep. I am cold."
She was standing in her crib- stark naked!! I helped her put her clothes back on, took her to the potty and gave her a sip of water. I would have put her back to bed, but by that time it was time to pick up Bailey at the bus stop.
Is this the beginning of the end of the nap?!!?!?
Showing posts with label sleep why have you foresaken me. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Friday, November 09, 2007
Kids, They Sure Do Keep It Lively
Last night, as Bailey stood in the middle of the living room floor, nose red and cheeks wet with tears, declaring that, in one breath, he didn't like me and in the very next breath, telling me he loved me, I thought that I had finally reached the end of my patience. It was 10:00 by that time, more than two hours after his bedtime. Two hours of tears, two hours of trying to be calm and not blow my top, two hours of stubbornness. The longest, hardest two hours of my life in recent memory.
Bed time has become a battle ground once again. And, I don't even have the energy to go into it all right now. It's only 4:00 in the afternoon but I am already dreading bedtime. He is especially prone to act like this when he is overtired which just makes it worse. He needs the sleep but he just won't give into it. Tonight could be total different, I keep telling myself and for both of our sakes I hope I am right.
Bed time has become a battle ground once again. And, I don't even have the energy to go into it all right now. It's only 4:00 in the afternoon but I am already dreading bedtime. He is especially prone to act like this when he is overtired which just makes it worse. He needs the sleep but he just won't give into it. Tonight could be total different, I keep telling myself and for both of our sakes I hope I am right.
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