Last week was rough with a R.O.U.G.H! We normally have a fairly solid nap routine around here which includes a morning and afternoon nap. Sometimes these naps aren't as long as I would like, but usually they are pretty regular. Every now and then Adella will refuse her morning nap - and by refuse I mean SCREAMING. Sometimes she will cry herself to sleep after a few minutes, but I can tell when she just isn't going to give in. Luckily this generally only happens a couple times a week and then we move on with normal life. However, recently she went for nearly TWO WEEKS of resisting her morning nap (she took one on Monday finally HURRAY!). Not only that, but often she wouldn't take her afternoon nap at the same time as Charlie - she would finally get so tired I could put her down late, but then she would wake up almost even more grumpy then before. If we went out running errands, she would fall asleep because she was so tired, or if we went on walks. While that's great and all, it doesn't help me to be able to do the things I need to - I mean, at some point I DO HAVE TO wash bottles, EAT something myself, clean LAUNDRY etc.
Even on the days when she would nap at the same time as Charlie she would sleep no longer than 40 minutes at a time. Ugh. It was awful. Luckily at the same time Charlie became a super super napper. He stopped constantly spitting his pacifier out and once it was in his mouth he never fussed (he only uses it for naps - Adella refuses it though she really likes to play with his if she can get her hands on it!. His naps were almost always over an hour, and in the afternoon was usually closer to 2 hours. We were able to easily transition him to his crib for naps during this time too.
So here she is, being her silly self while Mom tries to entertain her until Charlie wakes up.
She may look happy, but that's only because I'm entertaining her. Also she eventually would get super grumpy because she was just so darn tired. It was awful. I don't know why she was having such a rough time napping, but I'm hoping we have got that little episode out of the way!
