Naps

I have always been so proud of Brynn for what a good napper she is...however, the past 3 days have been the worst ever for naps. It started Wednesday for me. We were going to Jerret's parents to hang out for the evening so I knew Brynn needed a good nap. I tried laying her down just before 1, because I knew Jerret would be home from work right around 3:30 and I knew he wanted to go to his parents soon after. I could hear B playing around for a bit (which is totally normal for her) and then she was silent...until about 1:50. Then it was "Mom! Mommy! Mom!" and then singing "Jesus Loves Grandma" the days of the week song, etc. She then continued to yell for me. I was trying to take a snooze myself, so I went in to her room and asked if she wanted to nap with me...she said "yes" so I brought her out to the couch where she laid for about 5 minutes and then wanted to crawl all over me. We tried this game for about 15 minutes and I had to return her to her bed. She finally fell asleep just before 3 (I assumed, I think I feel asleep before she did). Jerret got home just before 3:30 and we had to wake B up just before 4 because we had things to do. She was CRANKY! (which we both knew she would be). We were able to at least calm her a little by making her a PB & J sandwich and putting her in the car w/ her kind of music (this week Little Einstein). She ended up being pretty good the rest of the evening despite the less than 1 hour nap.

Next up Thanksgiving day. Again, I knew she needed a good nap. I laid her down (when I knew she wasn't the most tired) and she laid in her bed for over an hour yelling for me, singing, and just not sleeping. Finally I was tired of listening to her yell for me that I got her up and again she was cranky. She somewhat snapped out of it, however, she was whiney the rest of the afternoon/evening.

Yesterday, we were at my moms and the only way I could get her to lay down was to rock her to sleep. (which I do have to admit was very nice to have her snuggle). But she kept telling me she was tired so I figured it wouldn't have been a big deal to nap. She did sleep about 2 hours which was nice!

Today, it is later than she regularly goes down, however, she was playing nicely and too whiney. Within 10 minutes she was yelling for me. I tried to ignore her, however, couldn't. I got her a book (that was what she wanted) and left the room. She is still making a few noises in there but not too bad.

She better not be getting out of naps...she needs her sleep...Mommy needs her to have her sleep. She has been sleeping all night though which is a plus!