As I've blogged before, Andrina's nap schedule is all out of whack. Some days she only needs one nap but today she needs two. Andrina woke up at 7:45 and by 10:15 she was yawning and rubbing her eyes. So I put her down and she immediately she fell asleep and slept until 12:10. Almost 2 hours. But it was close to 3pm and she was cranky so I decided she needed another nap. To prove my point, she yawned too. So I changed her and cuddled with her to read her a book before putting her down for the nap. Well, as soon as I finished the book and put it down, she started crying really hard. So I cuddled her and sang to her. And then a gross thing happened. She put her fingers in her mouth and then started to run them over my face, baby slobber and all. Then she put them in my mouth! So I'm trying to comfort her and sing to her while not having to move away from her little slobber covered fingers too much.
The bad part is I put her down for nap and she started crying hard again and has been for 10 minutes now. I hope she'll be able to settle herself down soon. Poor baby.
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This is exactly what Anne did and was sort of opposite what kids are supposed to do. Anne tried to give up her second nap and continued to take a 1st nap. Most kids naturall give up the second one. What you really should instigate is doing one nap yourself and on the rare days she really really needs a second nap, give it to her. What you can do is gradually move the first nap out. Kids this age w/ one nap go down between noon and one so that should be your goal. If she is going down at 10 am now, move it to 10:15 or 10:30. In a few days move it back 15 more minutes. While you are doing this it is really important that the time during waking and nap is filled with lots of light and stimulating activities. Spending time outside is usually a great idea as it gets her natural light plus will really stimulate her. This helps distract her while you move it back (so she doesn't notice it's naptime and want to nap) while at the same time tiring her out for a nap. For a while you might have a cranky baby but she's been telling you for a while she only needs one. I know it's tough to break up the schedule but that's what kids do-once we get used to their nap schedule and love it, they change on us!
PS. I said Anne was pretty much done w/ naps but since I needed that break I'd continue to give them to her. Well, I spoke too soon becuase for about 1-2 weeks now, she's been falling right asleep and sleeping for 2-3 hours! If she wants to keep it up, I'll welcome it!
Whoops-meant to say most kids naturally give up the 1st nap-not the second-see the beginning of the my reply.
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