Usually I can get this one in before my kids wake up in the morning or during
nap time because, let's face it — I, like many of you, have 3 little ones right beside me most of my day.
He wore those pants for the remainder of the morning and only took them off after
nap time because he peed in his sleep.
Nap Time: I don't really like doing chores during
nap time because its my time to work on this blog, and get some downtime.
Although you would be forgiven for thinking your two year old is resisting
nap time because they are becoming old enough to not need a nap anymore it's not always the case.
Not exact matches
It's funny
because I'm in the world oftentimes with coworkers and other people who are a pain in the butt to deal with all week long; so when sunday comes around and it's
time for some godly fellowship everyone is ready to scatter and take that afternoon
nap and watch the tv.
Because in my opinion you have to seize every single moment of
time that is available to you to recharge, even if it's just 1 minute here, 5 minutes here, 15 minutes in your car that you may have to take a
nap.
I wait an hour to nurse so obviously he can't have solids
because he needs another
nap by the
time we finish and get diaper changed.
I know the flow rate is a little high,
because he spits up some, but after eating 3 oz from the bottle, he is then happy thru awake
time, and sleeps well thru the
nap... had to wake him at the end of each
nap.
This might be
because she is eating better in the day and actually getting
naps instead of crying the whole
time.
Until 2 hours later, he finally gets so hungry that he eats, but by that
time, he is tired
because it's
nap time, and falls asleep.
I found that sometimes I would even enjoy it
because it was my «me»
time where I would read a book or catch up on my favorite show while someone else watched the baby or she
napped.
«How many
times did they wake up from a
nap because I rolled the stroller over a twig?»
We still use cloth for
naps, nights, and outings (
because feverishly sopping up urine in public sits very high on my List of Nopes), but we are diaper free most of the
time now.
Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy
Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a
nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you
because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?
We just got back from a weeks vacation where she was having almost daily accidents, and I'm suspicious that it was
because she can't let her body fully relax sitting on a big toilet where she has to hold herself up.She's still wearing diapers for bed &
nap -
time, and if you ask her does she need to use the potty, she'll tell you «It's ok, I wearing diaper».
We moved Pip out of our room
because he was rolling out of his Moses basket and after the first couple of nights lulled us into a false sense of security I've lost count of the number of
times I get up at night, and his day
naps tend to be in the sling — he definitely likes to be held!!
I still use the swing but make sure she's supervised the entire
time because of it but that takes away the convenience of letting baby play or
nap in swing while mom catches up on chores.
There are
times when my twins do not want to
nap because they are busy playing with a toy, watching a movie or they simply think they don't need one.
When parents are starting to wonder if it's
time to transition it's usually
because either the morning
nap or the evening
nap is no longer happening consistently.
It's easy to wake a baby from a
nap because its
time to eat, but not so easy to make a baby sleep longer
because it's not
time to eat yet..
He is very calm and relaxed, and this can be a good
time to try feeding, especially if it is at the end of the
nap because he will probably be hungry.
Again, she also has a hard
time napping during the day, and I end up doing a feed / sleep cycle sometimes
because she needs it so bad.
He is 5.5 months and I thought I was doing something wrong
because his
naps are never at exactly the same
time, even though the feeding
times are.
8 1/2 month old (girl): 7:00 wake and play in bed 7:30 solids (plain yogurt and fruit or cereal and fruit) and bottle (6 oz) 8:30 - 9:00 IP in playpen 9:00 - 10:00 floor
time with mommy 10:00 - 12:00
nap 12:00 wake, solids (vegetables and fruit) and bottle (6 oz) 1:00 - 3:00 errands, playtime, and / or swimming 3:00 - 5:00 wake, solids (vegetables and fruit) and bottle (4 oz) 6:00 - 6:30 playtime 6:30 bath and playtime with daddy 7:15 bottle (8 oz) 7:30 story and bed Val, I moved the
naps back a little
because she just doesn't seem tired after only 2 - 2 1/2 hours of wake
time.
I'm a stickler about bed /
nap time and won't take them out if they aren't well - rested
because that would be miserable for me.
This worked great for us
because we have a little one who needs a
nap, one grown up watched the
napping kiddo while the other took older one on a few quests to pass the
time.
Keeping a set schedule means that children tend to wake up at the same
time every day, eat their meals at the same
time, and give parents less trouble when going down for
naps and bedtime
because they know what to expect.
They may also
nap at odd hours
because they didn't fall asleep at their normal
times.
Initially I didn't worry about
nap / night
time because I thought she is too young.
My logic was that it would be more manageable to eliminate night nursing before her
nap nursing
because she can fight sleep at
nap time.
And BTW, the reason I videoed these tips as opposed to writing them out is
because my three week old twins are actually
napping at the same
time right this moment... and I knew I could get all this info to you if I sat for a minute and just told them to you.
I'm no wood worker, and
because I didn't spend the majority of the
time on the project (had to put the baby down for a
nap), I'm just going to guide you thru our process to help you in you creative DIY process of making your own Pikler Triangle.
Ironically, many babies suffer from sleep deprivation
because they are hauled out at every
time of day and prevented from
napping on their own biological rhythms
because the parents view the baby as an accessory or can't be «inconvenienced» by staying home to let the baby
nap.
Before
nap time and bedtime, tell your child it's
time to go potty (never ask your child,
because he'll usually say no).
Time I wana breast feed but I won't be able to rest well while the baby is asleep
because my 3 year old only
naps one hour a day and he's a light sleeper... what should I do I need help...
Sometimes this isn't possible
because the
timing is off; our own little ones seemed to favor the morning
nap period.
My only concern is if I could minimize the
nap and night
time awakening
because I'm also breastfeeding my 5 weeks baby and it's quite hard.
And of course, sometimes your baby just has to miss her
nap, whether it's
because Grandma is in town visiting or it's the only appointment
time the pediatrician had available.
Because the babies were finally
napping in their cribs, I suddenly had
time to do things like shower and eat.
This eased my conscience
because I knew at
nap time he wasn't hungry, wet, etc..
Its been hard on us,
because I know she needs more sleep
time /
nap time - but her shedule does not allow for 2
naps (we try two
naps and she won't go to bed until 10 pm) Any tips on how to get her to sleep longer?
It's particularly strange
because he doesn't do this at
nap time, only at night.
Sometimes it's a
time change, and other
times, it's just that baby doesn't want to
nap because of the change of venue or activity.
Because it seamlessly adjusts into 4 positions — play, rest, sleep and transport — it can be used for
nap time in addition to play
time.
-- When you have no problem waking up one twin
because everyone takes
naps at the same
time and goes to bed at the same
time.
it took about a day of
nap / night with us comforting her but not nursing
because she does not need sustanence 4
times in the middle of the night or to go to sleep... so yes, she cried a bit but a day later and she can reach sound sleep without being preoccupied.
If you know it's about
time to take a
nap and your baby starts crying, chances are it's
because they are tired... get where I'm going with this?
There was a false sense of control that just
because I had wanted it and prepared for it (natural child birth, successful breastfeeding, bonding
time with baby, soothing the baby easily, predictable
napping and eating schedules, etc.), I could achieve it, the same way I had studied for a test and got an «A» or reduced my calories and lost weight.
Well, in also at the beginning too
because I was so stressed out about how to manage the two children together, I used the
nap time as the reset for the next activity.
And then another thought I was thinking about when I was thinking about questions I wanted to ask you all off of these tips was
napping «cause I remember that I did not
nap as much after my first child was born
because we spent a lot of
time just relaxing and things like that.