Thursday, October 21, 2010

On Naps

The last couple of weekends we've had a hard time getting Caitlin to nap. We'd been on a two nap schedule. At her last few doctors appointments he has asked about naps and has really pushed two two-hour naps. I was happy with two, 1.5 hour naps.

Lately we get a 1.5 hour morning nap and no afternoon nap. Often we are out and about on the weekend so she naps on the go in the car. I finally thought to ask at daycare about the nap situation.

She has gotten into the routine of one nap a day. She eats a good lunch, poops, gets changed, and takes a good nap.

(Speaking of poop...this kid still poops 3 times a day.  Isn't that supposed to slow down sometime soon? I am so sorry for this post for those of you who are here just looking for cute pictures of Caitlin and not discussion of her bowels.)

So, on the napping front I am a bit surprised. I did not realize we were already down to one nap. She seems so tired  by midmorning. I guess we will take her for a walk or somewhere in the car so she can have a short morning doze but not ruin her pm nap. It completely changes the way our weekends will go...

(Still no word on the computer so I've typed this out on my phone. The Irishman's phone battery died last night so this time the pictures are from me)

4 comments:

Agate Lake Girl said...

Rylee took two naps till she was about till she was about 14 or 15 months old and then she went to one PM nap. Lately she's been fighting the PM nap, but I'm not giving that up so easily! :)

Agate Lake Girl said...

not sure why it printed part of that twice - wasn't there when I typed...

Annette said...

By the time my little guy turned one, he only took one nap in the afternoon for two hours. He's still on that same schedule and now he's 36 months old. As far as bowels are concerned, I can honestly say that my little guy didn't slow down until he was almost two. He had two to four "poopy" diapers a day but he did eat a lot of fruit and veggies that will help "clear out" the system. It sounds like you're doing an incredible job! Hope this info. helps :)

Jessi said...

Jules went through the same thing. I knew he was tired and needed that extra nap but he refused. It eventually did work out by keeping him up a little longer in the morning so if he was going to nap, it was going to be longer than 1.5 hours.

Now he's down to 1 nap and its about 2-3 hours.