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Monday, March 23, 2009
Quiet time
Micah gave up naps about a year ago...against my great determination to keep them! He went from a 3 hour nap a day to nothing! Needless to say...it was hardest for me to get use to it. The past few months I've instigated "Quiet Time" to regain a bit of sanity. When Hailey goes down for her second nap I make Micah have quiet time and play in his room for a little while. At first he did really well and it was wonderful! But recently, he has been fighting me tooth and nail about it. (Where did the saying come from anyway?) It almost breaks my heart as he pleads his case to watch a movie or something other than quiet time. "No quiet time! I don't want quiet time!" So I tell him he has a choice...#1 a nap or #2 play quietly in his room. Because he dreads a nap even more than quiet time he always chooses the latter. Why? Why do children fight naps and alone time to play and do whatever? I would do anything to be able to take a nap every day! Or have uninterrupted quiet time! I just don't get it. I guess it's true what they say...you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone. You don't appreciate naps and alone time until you no longer have the opportunity to take them!
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I think I will die when Makenna gives up her nap. I think it keeps my sane. But I like the idea of quiet time. I will definatly have to use it.
Savannah does well playing alone, but she is an only child...and extremely independent. Paul has found that if he lays with her for a few minutes some days she will still actually take a nap...just a suggestion. We don't always have time to lay down, but sometimes it is worth it!
Peter and I are amidst that battle currently. It seems naps happen about every other day. I'm slowly giving into the sad fact that regular naps are probably a thing of the past. On the no nap days, I'm trying quiet time too.
Silly kids don't know how great they have it!
Isn't that funny? I joke with Danny all of the time that I would LOVE someone to tell me every night that I have to take a warm bath, read a book and go to sleep by 9:00 p.m.!
Good luck! Once you figure it out let me know how its done! I love Jackson's nap time.
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