Xander Week 114 – Where oh where have the good naps gone?
May 6, 2009
I think Xander is starting to outgrow his need for naps… I say this with disappointment, because on the weekends I find myself needing that down time as much or sometimes more than he does… But lately, it’s taken a long, long time to get him to fall asleep. If he doesn’t nap, he is still grumpy in the late afternoon, but he is having a harder time falling asleep in the middle of the day.
A perfect example of this was our recent trip to the New England Aquarium. Xander slept until we woke him up just before we left at 7:30am. On the way to Boston, he mentioned that he was sleepy, but he didn’t sleep. We spent 4 hours at the Aquarium looking at all sorts of sea creatures. It was a fun and exciting trip for him. He ate a pretty big lunch, and I was certain that he would crash in the car on the way home. Boy was I wrong! Xander played with the stuffed penguin we bought him and chitter-chattered for the entire 2 hour drive home! He finally fell asleep literally 2 minutes before we drove into the driveway.
So I’m curious, at what age did your kids outgrow naps? At Xander’s day care, the 4 year olds are still sleeping/resting in the middle of the day. Will I be able to keep up that sort of schedule for the next 2 years? It would be nice…
Lucky for us, Samantha still naps like a champ at lunch time. She gets about 10 hours of sleep at night, and I wake her up from her nap after two hours, to help prevent her from getting up too early in the morning.
I have a friend whose 19-month old daughter has recently stopped taking naps, much to her dismay.
I think it’s just another one of those things that’s different for every child. You probably can’t predict when your child will stop napping, because it varies so much from child to child.
Good luck!
Ahhh…the nap issue. Sometimes we get them, sometimes we don’t, we really kick ourselves when we don’t put Carver down because we think it will be too difficult. long and miserable to get him to sleep…about 3pm WE are ready to run away from home. Don’t have an answer but I know how you feel!!!!
Angi