Many of you have asked from time to time, if the babies are still on two naps and when will we be moving to one nap. Well, that day has come. Based on their fussy behaviors, I think they were starting to get really bored being kept "prisoner" in our house. They often times "tell" me they want to leave by patting on the door. Also, they always get so excited when we put their shoes on them to go "bye bye".
They have usually done pretty well with one nap on Sundays when we go to church. I still think they do need or want two naps but we all need a change - to be able to get out of the house more often and that is next to impossible, being on two naps. I think this will also help with my school schedule when I start back to school in a few weeks.
So, during this transition, I've been getting out more with them in the mornings when they would normally be sleeping. They have done pretty well. We haven't really went to "play" yet, doing things like mall play areas, parks or splash parks. I haven't gotten that brave yet. But we have been running errands doing things out of the house but still keeping them somewhat confined in a cart of some sort. We've gone to Target, which we've done many times but I actually took ALL 3 of them with me to the grocery store this morning and that was interesting. It is not easy trying to concentrate on what food to get with so many distractions. But it went fairly well and we may start doing this on a regular basis. And it sure does free up the little bit of "family time" we have each week to actually do things together rather than do nothing but work and run errands separately while the other one watches the babies.
I've loved having one longer nap because it gives me more time to get stuff done without interruption but not getting my first break until after lunch has been a difficult thing for me to adjust to. :) I know, it will all work out in the end.
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I am one of those asking for 1 nap:) I think you are right, it will be easier to transition them by getting out of the house during normal naptime. Being home, their little internal clocks will keep saying "let me sleep". With Lincoln, I took it slow for a few weeks, gradually moving from a 930ish morning nap, moving it back, little by little until he was okay with an 1130 nap. We have now moved it back to 1230 or 1. The kids will do great, I'm sure.
I thought about doing it that way but I've been a "mean mommy" making them go straight to 12, 12:30 or 1. ;) That's because they do pretty good with it. If they didn't and were exhausted by 11, I'd go ahead and push up lunch and then straight to nap. It was good to see you and the girls the other night. We should do that more often. And we'll definitely have to have a play day soon, like you said, now that mine will be on Lincoln's schedule.
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