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I hate nap time
it's nothing but pure frustration for me these days. he just sits in his bed and sings and plays and has NO interest in falling asleep. it's like he can't wait to get in bed and play for and hour and a half.
and there is no earthly way that I can take a rest because he so F*CKING LOUD. he's talking and singing and squealing at the top of his lungs. and I can't just go to the basement or something because he's awake in his room and I need to be alert in case he falls on his head or something, especially since he's so rambunctious.
maybe once a week, if I'm lucky, he'll fall asleep and there seems to be no rhyme or reason for it. I can run him ragged at the park all morning and when he goes "down" (ha!) for his nap, it's like he just chugged 3 Red Bulls or something.
and after all the awesomeness of him not napping, what do I have to look forward to? the crankiest toddler in the world by dinner time.
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Re: I hate nap time
okay, I am lucky in that he does stay in his bed, in his room. (knocks on wood)
but we have his inside door knob baby-proofed and he hasn't figured out how to open in on his own (this is useful for timeouts). bwahahaha!
can you try earlier bed time instead?
he may just be ready to drop his nap, he's the right age for it
I know exactly how you feel!
no, I can't make his bed time earlier on a regular basis. we start getting ready for bed at 7:30. if I tried to put him to bed earlier, I'd have to give him dinner at 5:30 or 6 which is before DH gets homes from work and I think it's important for us all to eat as a family.
or leave for college LOL
DD1 9.24.06
DS 7.1.08
twins due 9.7.11 lost twin A at
DD2 4.7.12
Amen! lol
Yesterday DS told me around 2pm "Mom I think I need to nap", I got so excited because he rarely naps for me anymore and I had to work last night, so a nap would have really hit the spot. Of course, at that time, he doesn't nap. Around 5pm, as we are getting ready to leave the house to take DH to the airport, DS to the sitter's and me to work, he says to me, "Mom, I think I am tired. I need to nap now." Really??? Now??? And of course he falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport...thanks kid!