Bye, Bye Short Naps?
Posted by Ida , Monday, April 12, 2010
Madelyn's naps were quite impressive today! She woke up at 5:45AM. Tried to get her to fall asleep on her own at 7. That didn't work. Had to wait another hour and a half. She was easily soothed and fell asleep by 9. Mommy quickly checked on William and set him up so she could shower. Then Mommy and William waited, and waited, and waited. And kept looking at the monitor to make sure she was still breathing! Then, finally, at 10:30 she woke up! That's three times her normal length!
Mommy thought Madelyn would have a 3 hour period of wakefulness due to the long nap, but after 90 minutes she was ready to sleep again. She slept for half an hour. Another 90 minutes it is 2 o'clock and William is sleeping. Madelyn, again, is soothed easily and sleeps until 3:50! Whaaaa? Is this the end of her half hour naps? Is she starting to fall into a morning and afternoon nap sleep pattern? The saga continues...
Today the uppercase letter B retired. Moving on to the letter C. B probably had an extended week and a half to two weeks due to nice weather, making cookies and, of course, the all time favorite, Play-Doh. William cut out letter C's from a magazine and glued them onto a piece of construction paper to start. He pulled out some toys that begin with the letter C: play food - carrot, corn, and a matchbox car. Not many toys begin with C.
William and Mommy had some quality time together while Madelyn was sleeping today. It was a sunny, but cool spring day - perfect for lunch on the deck. William had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a red pepper. The pepper (along with some corn and unrecognizable green stuff) came out later in a really nasty poop that Daddy took care of! He's been eating peppers for the last week. Not sure why all of a sudden they aren't being digested.
William soaked in some rays while swinging on his seesaw (which he loves saying), filling the bird feeder and checking on the progress of the peas and grapes.
William protested nap time today. He was crying about something - he gets aggravated when he can't do something, but gets even more upset if someone tries to help him - and Mommy couldn't understand him so she said, "Take a deep breath" and showed him how to do it. He's done this before and if nothing else it distracts him and stops him from crying. Today it didn't work. He kept repeating "Take a deep breath" while crying. Finally, Mommy bypassed reading books and sang a couple of songs and put him in his crib. He continued to cry for five minutes or so, but was sleeping before long.
Yesterday William learned to say his whole name. Here is the proof!
After dinner, William and Daddy made pear muffins. William loves cooking AND most other things!
"...he gets aggravated when he can't do something, but gets even more upset if someone tries to help him..." sounds like his Dad!