... we wish. Bedtime is turning into a marathon. E either doesn't have a sleep during the day, in which case she is grouchy all afternoon but crashes at 6:30. If she has a sleep she still goes happily to bed at 6:30, but then takes hours (literally, see the conversation I had with her at 8:30 the other night) to drop off.
She's not unhappy when she's in bed and awake, just lies there chatting away to herself, but 9:00 or later is definitely too late for a not quite two year old. Last night it would have been close to 9:30 and she then slept really late this morning - I eventually woke her at 8:00am. Today she had a day nap that started at 2:00, and I woke her at 3:15, thinking that maybe a short-ish nap would be ok. We also extended her bed time a bit tonight, starting stories at 7:00.
The result? She's still in there, talking away.
I really really really don't want to give up the day nap. Two seems too young to be up all day, and I'm too selfish to manage without a bit of a break. At the very least she has to have some quiet time in her cot, in which case I can't stop her falling asleep if she wants to. But I also want some evening time to ourselves, and the prospect of occasionally going out and leaving her (asleep) with a babysitter.
The trials and tribulations of toddlerhood...
2 comments:
It's difficult to get the balance right! My first two dropped their day sleeps super-early (Maxi was 18 months old! Cappers was just over 2) but not grouchy with it. The Badoo was in the same boat your E is in - not sleeping some days and crazy with it. Sleeping other days and up with the owls. The solution for us was to allow a short nap of about 20 minutes only. It got her through and she was off to sleep at an appropriate time. x
I have no advice, just sympathy! And a firm belief that it is not selfish at all to want a little bit of time to yourself during the day!! Keep at it, I'm sure you will find that balance soon. x
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