Please, please no! Please say it’s not true! Am I ready for this? Am I ready for a full day of toddler time with no break? Can I do this? How will I drink a hot cuppa? How will I keep my house tidy? When will I put the washing out? How, oh how will I blog?
This is my relax time; my do nothing but sit in the same spot for an hour time. My time to daydream (literally); switch off from reality. This is my time to recharge. I just don’t know if I’m ready for this. Tell me it’s not that hard? Tell me I can do this!
But wait, will this mean an earlier bedtime? Will this mean I get my evenings back? Will I be able to watch Hollyoaks again?!
Maybe it will be worth it. Maybe I can handle the extra couple of tantrums around witching hour, if it means you’re in bed by 6 (rather than 8) and I get at least 4 full hours of ‘grown up’ time (watching trashy TV most likely).
I’ve dealt with worse haven’t I? Dropping naptime can’t be so bad, can it? Maybe I should tire him out more in the morning? Then he might nap again?
I mean, it’s only been 2 days of no daytime nap. 2 long, exhausting days. But 2 days more than I’m used to.
Yesterday was a complete write off. Tuesday’s are my fave day. We always have fun plans. We did have fun plans, but you chose not to nap, so those fun plans were tainted with tantrums. Today hasn’t been so bad. You haven’t napped again, but today you have been cuddly. We haven’t reached witching hour yet. I’m on edge waiting for the screaming and crying. Maybe you won’t throw a wobbly, maybe we can do this?
We have to work as a team if this is going to happen. We have to work together. You have to give mummy time to drink hot coffee and a fresh sandwich (not one that’s been sat out for 2 hours and a tad dry). You have to let mummy wee. You have to let mummy do mummy things. I won’t ignore you. I won’t leave you. But I need some time too.
It’s now 8pm. Witching hour has been and gone. You didn’t tantrum, you didn’t fuss. In fact, we had a really lovely evening together. You cuddled me, you giggled, you watched your new favourite programme Pyjanimals. You asked for a “bot bot” and I left it as long as I could before I gave you one.
We had a couple of hours of nappy free time before bed. Successful hours. A wee on the potty and 2 on the toilet!
This day has gone so well. Can I really do this? Can we cope with no sleep in the day? Are we settling into a new routine? We will soon find out.
Tomorrow will be different. You are nursery for 2 days, so nap time will most likely occur around 12pm. But that’s ok, you will be tired from all the playing. Let’s see what happens on Saturday.
I know you will sleep in the car, you always do. You’ll also sleep in the pram. That’s ok, no one said you had to drop your nap everyday.
You know what? I kinda enjoyed the extra time with you. The extra cuddles. I just need to keep you occupied; avoid the tantrums.
We can do this baby boy. We can get through the day with no naps.
Oh we are in the same boat! My little man will fall asleep in the car no problem so if we’re out and about he’ll nod off. But this week the weather has been crap so we’ve stayed at home most days……and he didn’t nap all week nooooooo! It wasn’t tooo bad and the bonus was, he did go to bed earlier but the days did seem to stretch out quite a bit. Especially as my husband didn’t get home til late! x #busydoinglife
I remember the thoughts of horror when I realized I was losing that couple of hours to myself each afternoon. Thankfully she is getting better at entertaining herself now, but its a rough transition
My little girl at 28 months still enjoying her nap… have tried once to drop it but she tends to sleep at 6pm, which is too early for bedtime. At the moment, I’m just going to enjoy my me time while she’s having a nap. Hope your little boy will get on well without no naps full stop. #busydoinglife
Oh how I hate the nap dropping shinanigans! All of mine have dropped their nap at about 18 months… its a nightmare! Little bean is still quite keen on her sleep so I’m hoping we might be lucky! Thankyou so much for linking up with #busydoinglife it’s great to have you along!
The only positive to come out of it is getting him to bed earlier, but it’s still a challenge! Thanks for tweeting me about this linky 🙂 xx
ah this is so cute glad it’s going well I was scared when Lottie dropped the afternoon nap she seems to be coping quite well though still has it on the odd occasion will get easier! Thanks for linking up to #kidscorner x
Toby is 25 months and he has pretty much stopped napping all together now. He’s at nursery during the week so that’s OK and weekends aren’t too bad as long as we keep him busy. He will sleep in the car or the buggy sometimes if we’re out too. It’s not all bad though – he’s now in bed asleep at 7pm with no fuss instead of me having to sit on his bedroom floor for hours to avoid endless screaming! For us it also coincided with me starting maternity leave so instead of me having to get him up at 6:30am to get to nursery and work on time he now usually sleeps until about 8am or sometimes even later. So although I miss my hour or two of toddler free time in the afternoon, it’s not all bad! Good luck!
eee.. good luck… I dread it… I still get a 2 hour lunch time nap!
T doesn’t nap every day at home now but he naps probably every other and will always sleep in the car. He’s 27 months and considering his sister stopped napping at 20 months I think we’re doing quite well! x