A New Season
The Lord has brought us through a season with JMEjr and into a new season with him. He has begun, for the most part, to drop his afternoon nap, or should be dropping it. A little lot sooner than my precious wife we would have wanted it. But here we are. Well what does one do with an almost 3 year old who wants to no longer take his nap in the afternoon (actually, he does not mind taking it, he just finds it more difficult to fall asleep in the evening)? Well, you let him play with a new toy, like play - dough. You let him do some stuff in his room by himself. JMEjr is quite capable and actually enjoys time by himself, so this was not difficult. On his first day of his roomtime, we left him alone in his room. Notice the toys along the window or the animals below the window? He played zoo and we heard him talking to his animals, etc. It was very enjoyable to listen to him play. He must have played so hard because when I went to wake him up…. this is how I found him.
He put himself to sleep. He got a pillow, laid it on the floor, covered himself with a blanket.
We are going through the same thing. I’m often saying that Peyton does not sleep enough! IF she does take an afternoon nap, then she doesn’t fall asleep until around 9:30 - and that is TOO late for me! But, I need the rest (and break) during the day! We’ll just tough it out until the nap is officially over!
that is so funny!