Hmmm. Dilemma.
So Missy My has started to get her nap later and later in the day. Now she starts getting REALLY grumpy around about 5-5:30 pm... her bedtime is around 7:30 to 8pm. Yeah, bad time for naps.
Sunday as we were headed home from my parents house about 20 min away from here she conked out. Believe you me, we tried to keep her awake. No can do. In fact once we actually got home Jer picked her up to bring her inside ... not over the shoulder in a comfy way, no, just draped over his lower portion of his arm.... dangling. And she stayed asleep. he even brought my attention to it and wiggled his arm around a little to display how asleep she was. Causing her to swing a little but to not even stir.
And here I was thinking we would feed the kids, play a little and put them to bed. HA! So into bed she went as I started to make a quick dinner for the rest of us. I thought. Hey! We can wake her up in about 20 min and she will be good to go to bed at her normal time and get dinner right?! Nope. Once dinner was on the table, both Jer and I attempted to wake her up. Nothing doing again. So we let her sleep... thinking maybe she would sleep through the night cause she was so tired.
About 9-9:30 rolls around and what do we hear? Yup. Missy My is awake. sigh. So I get her up, feed her, bath her (she was really dirty from playing outside at gma and gpa's house), and change her sheets (yup, she wet them). Then I proceed to have Jer take her downstairs to hang out with daddy for an hour or two till she is tired enough to go back to sleep. Then I crashed. I even had her tuck me in for a change!
Apparently she was up till 11pm, being really good and very agreeable, watching Jer play on the computer. Then she woke up at the normal time this morning.
She tried to do the same thing today, unfortunately for her, mom wasn't so willing to give up waking her up today. Man, was she grumpy when she got up at 6pm after only a half hour of sleep (she really needed it too.... shrill screams for no good reason every 5 min or so are REALLY grating!)
So my question to you is.... What would you do? She won't sleep any earlier... I've tried it, all she does is play in her room for a while (about a half hour or so) then use the potty and come ask for a potty treat from me (she is still potty training).
So Missy My has started to get her nap later and later in the day. Now she starts getting REALLY grumpy around about 5-5:30 pm... her bedtime is around 7:30 to 8pm. Yeah, bad time for naps.
Sunday as we were headed home from my parents house about 20 min away from here she conked out. Believe you me, we tried to keep her awake. No can do. In fact once we actually got home Jer picked her up to bring her inside ... not over the shoulder in a comfy way, no, just draped over his lower portion of his arm.... dangling. And she stayed asleep. he even brought my attention to it and wiggled his arm around a little to display how asleep she was. Causing her to swing a little but to not even stir.
And here I was thinking we would feed the kids, play a little and put them to bed. HA! So into bed she went as I started to make a quick dinner for the rest of us. I thought. Hey! We can wake her up in about 20 min and she will be good to go to bed at her normal time and get dinner right?! Nope. Once dinner was on the table, both Jer and I attempted to wake her up. Nothing doing again. So we let her sleep... thinking maybe she would sleep through the night cause she was so tired.
About 9-9:30 rolls around and what do we hear? Yup. Missy My is awake. sigh. So I get her up, feed her, bath her (she was really dirty from playing outside at gma and gpa's house), and change her sheets (yup, she wet them). Then I proceed to have Jer take her downstairs to hang out with daddy for an hour or two till she is tired enough to go back to sleep. Then I crashed. I even had her tuck me in for a change!
Apparently she was up till 11pm, being really good and very agreeable, watching Jer play on the computer. Then she woke up at the normal time this morning.
She tried to do the same thing today, unfortunately for her, mom wasn't so willing to give up waking her up today. Man, was she grumpy when she got up at 6pm after only a half hour of sleep (she really needed it too.... shrill screams for no good reason every 5 min or so are REALLY grating!)
So my question to you is.... What would you do? She won't sleep any earlier... I've tried it, all she does is play in her room for a while (about a half hour or so) then use the potty and come ask for a potty treat from me (she is still potty training).
5 comments:
Jakob and Brock both did the same thing, so then I didn't even bother putting them down for naps at all. If they fell asleep, so be it, and then eventually they stopped falling asleep in weird places in the house. But it is kind of annoying to have it be right during dinner, or right before bed.
No kidding, my problem is basically that she conks out bad in the car! Guess i will have to try to plan to NOT be in the car around that time :)
Jackson is doing the exact same thing right now. Don't know what to tell ya.
Yeah, it sounds like she's doing the two-year-old weaning from naps. Sadie's doing the same, except she doesn't conk out right before dinner. Now that she's not napping, when I end up putting her to bed, she's out like a light, instead of singing and talking to herself in there until midnight! So that's nice! I still make her have "naptime," even if she doesn't sleep, because I need the break. I'm evil. But I think Nat is right - she'll eventually stop conking out right before dinner.
welcome to my life, April! When you figure it out, let me know! I just got avery up and she is joining an already awake jordyn. And I'm pretty sure ash is awake in her room. SPLENDID!!! To top it all off, we have immunizations tomorrow morning at 9:30. Yes. I know you envy me. HAHA So, yeah, know how you feel.
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