Odd
It is oddly silent for 1:45 in the afternoon.
Today Amy is joining the ranks (perhaps only temporarily) of the one-nappers.
She was active this morning. And hungry. After a snack she was still hungry. It was almost 11:30. It occurred to me, why not give her lunch now? See what happens.
After lunch we had a soak in the tub and a little naked time, and then to bed at 12:45. We’ll see how long this goes.
I have mixed feelings.
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So, I heard noises somewhere around 3:30, happy and quiet noises. Then around 4 I got her up and changed the diaper, did naked time, gave her half a piece of bread for a snack when she asked to eat, and now she’s playing quite content and energetic.
And it feels strangely normal — to have her up and enthusiastic at this time, instead of waking up just about in time for dinner.
If this continues, I will have to continue to work on doing some of the things I need or want to do while Amy is awake, because one nap will not be enough time for all of that stuff. And because she needs to see what normal life is like, and more and more she will be able to participate — help me cook or do dishes or laundry, for example, or play with paper while I scrapbook, and so on.
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She continued to be cheerful and energetic almost until bedtime. Hardly slowed down at all, and when she finally did, she wasn’t cranky about it. Did not want her bedtime bottle. Hmmm. I wonder if that’ll be the next change.
Blake takes a nap from 1-3:30 or 4:00. If Amy keeps up with this new nap schedule ya might actually like the normalcy it brings. A longer period of rest and so forth. I dunno. I hated when Blake took 3 or 4 naps in the day…always made me feel rushed to do so.
Aren’t they such great little helpers?
Comment by Sandra — January 30, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
Yeah, Sandra, how refreshing it was when Amy settled into the two nap routine. I also found the previous 3-, 4-, 8-nap routines very hectic.
Comment by Marcy — January 30, 2008 @ 11:02 pm