As I've mentioned, the car was the preferred place of napping for the Little Mister. Did you hear (read?) that - I said was. Victorious! I was really beginning to feel like a naptime prisoner to a tiny little czar-like dictator so I decided to do something about it. And it worked. We started Monday, and it's now Friday and I'm happy to say that naps are much better. He naps peacefully in his crib and I can get things done. Very important things like writing this post. It feels so amazing to have made progress with this and it gives me hope that the next issue that creeps up can be resolved with a little resolve. It would have been easy to give in but that wouldn't have helped anybody in the long run.
If you have kids and figured out the nap thing early - bravo! If you have babies that aren't on a good routine it's possible to start one but do it now - don't wait. If you don't have kids and think that you knew all this already and I should have known too - sorry, people without children are not allowed to give people with children advice about child rearing. If you want to have kids someday, I can't stress enough how important naps are and I wish I would have done this long ago. And I consider myself pretty prepared. I read the books, I took the classes and yet I don't remember anyone ever telling me how very important a good nap schedule is. So now, I'm just sitting back, enjoying the silence, getting ready for a nice relaxing shower and looking forward to a good day with a newly happy rested babe.
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