Apparently mama is the last holdout on naps around this house. I finally surrendered and allowed C to have "quiet time" in her crib today instead of trying to force her to take a nap. This is not very different from what we've been doing except that I didn't spend half an hour fighting with her to close her eyes at the beginning of the hour. I put some books and a few toys in her crib and told her I would be back when the timer beeped. She did really well for a first attempt. I only had to go in once when her band-aid started bothering her. And she played quietly, too, so I actually got in a short snooze. We'll see how cooperative she is this afternoon.
It really burns me that I have to be okay with this. I really want to be able to force her to take a nap, but that just isn't realistic. And it's not healthy for our relationship to have this daily struggle. So, I surrender. I'm not sure why they don't want to take naps. After all, I think it's glorious and look forward to that time of day more than any other. Okay, not quite...bedtime is definitely my favorite.
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