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Help me deal with this appropriately
My son (2) takes a daily nap at around 11-12pm, which last for about 1-2 hours usually. He has been doing this for many months. I stay at home, and he is extremely high energy and strong willed, so I NEED this break to survive the rest of the day. Plus, he really needs it, or else he ends up crashing at 5 or 6 pm after an afternoon of temper tantrums.
I weaned him a few weeks ago, and the before nap feeding was the last to go. Right after that, he got sick and so was napping all over the place. Now, he is better, and its like we can't get back into the routine. Naps are hit or miss, and if he doesn't fall asleep on the first try, the rest of the day is wasted with me trying to get him to sleep, and him fighting me. He won't take a late nap. If he misses it, thats it.
When he doesn't nap, I seriously can't cope. I get angry, and stressed, and I don't know how to handle it. Part of me wants to just move on, accept it, but then I just spent an hour telling him we can't go outside until you nap, we can't have a snack until you nap, etc. etc. So if I give him those things eventually anyway, what am I telling him? On the other hand, if I stick to my guns, we just spend the whole day crying.
(He is in a bed that he gets in and out of freely.)
Anyone have any advice?
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Re: Help me deal with this appropriately
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I agree that "quiet time" could be a good thing to try, regardless of whether LO actually sleeps or not, and if he doesn't then he can go to bed early.
Actually I used to love it when I got a quiet time break in the middle of the day, and LO was
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Much as the other poster mentioned, you might try quiet time or a later nap. That is around the age my daughter moved her nap from what had been 1-2:30pm to 2:30-4pm. Bedtime did not change.
But you could also try quiet time - he goes
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We don't nap, we "rest."
I usually tell him "no, we don't need to go to sleep, we just need to rest for a little bit." It has helped lately when I pull the curtains for his room and make it as dark as possible. He usually ends up sleeping more o