Losing the AM Nap

We are done, it is outta here and there is no going back. At almost 18 months old Chris and I decided it was time to transition to one long afternoon nap. The girls are AWESOME, and I mean AWESOME sleepers!!! We are so thankful for this! Sydney is definitely the one that can go with the least sleep and be happy. Brooke and Taylor tend to need a little more rest and I think it is to keep their mischief up to par. The girls are on a tight schedule and would take great morning naps, usually 9:00-10:30/11:00 and then go back down at 1:00. Recently there was a lot of waking up and crying and talking and not a lot of good sleep happening in the afternoon. That is the time they really need the rest in order to get to bed time happily. I knew something had to change, so over the past few weeks I have been limiting their morning naps to no more than an hour and fifteen minutes. They were fine with that, but still the afternoons were not consistent. With all this happening we decided to go for it and open up the morning for activities for whatever we like. It will be a transition to get, mostly Brooke and Taylor, accustomed to no rest in the morning, but I think in a week or two they will adjust. I feel like at their age one two to three hour nap in the afternoon is sufficient, especially because they sleep from 6:00-7:30AM.

I decided to blow up the big air mattress for the transition. I knew they would be tired in the mornings and I thought not only would it be something new and fun, but with a big down comforter and pillows it would also be a great place to snuggle up, watch some TV and get some rest comfortably. At first it was pure entertainment for them and then it really served the purpose for a great place to lay down and chill for a bit.



Taylor was checked out, so sleepy
Brooke, little snuggle bugSydney, taking a break
One big benefit of getting rid of the morning nap is that we will be much more free to go on play dates and me not be worried if they will be super fussy by lunch time. The only down side is loosing that chunk of time in the morning, usually my work out, shower time. Oh, well I will live. It was almost more frustrating when I would plan to get things done during the afternoon nap and I would get interrupted with screams. Now I can plan accordingly and know what to expect from the day.

Brooke, this must have been after the nap