Thursday, January 22, 2009
One of Those Weeks
It's been one of those weeks where anything and everything gets in the way of all that you want to do. Yaya started having issues sleeping again and was fighting us tooth and nail. She didn't want to sleep in her room. We kept taking her back in and tucking her into her own bed from midnight til 3:30-4 in the morning Sunday. Let's just say, none of us got any sleep and a lot of crying happened.
Monday, was a bit of a blur. She was mad at me I was frustrated and exhausted from no sleep. Thankfully, my mom and dad came to the rescue and took her for a few hours that evening. We have decided that at the age of 2, yes I said, "2" PEOPLE she has outgrown naps. No nap on Monday and she slept like a baby from 9:00 P.M. til 8:15 A.M. Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning, we were up and off to Bible Study by 9:30 A.M. (We were a little late as I couldn't miss President Obama's Inauguration.) After Bible study, we ate lunch with our friends and she played at the mall playground for an hour or so. She still wasn't tired! Took a walk with daddy, played in the park and in our back yard. Her day ended with a slumber party at my parent's that night. NO NAP! I was exhausted! Why wasn't she? She slept all night without any problems again so cancelling the afternoon nap may be the answer.
Wednesday was much of the same busy busy busy and no nap. Last night she slept from 9:00 P.M. until 9:00 this morning. No fights about where she would sleep either. She just plain zonked! I haven't been blogging in the evenings because Bird is focused on applying for jobs on line. Getting a new job is of course first priority. Thank you for your continued prayers re. his employment.
It's raining today and we've decided to head to the zoo to meet our friends anyway. Got our umbrellas and raincoats so we might as well use them right?! I will post something of more importance when time allows. Hopefully, it'll include pictures of some sort. Sorry I haven't been able to stop by and comment but without Yaya's nap time and no computer in the evenings available I'm kinda out of luck and out of the loop!
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12 comments:
I so feel your pain. My youngest did the same thing...
Sounds like you are having a busy life right now... hang in there!
Uhh...can't wait for a crying toddler?
Oh I hear you! I was always amazed why I was so tired and the kids weren´t! It´s a hard time to get through.
Hope your husband find´s a job soon!
I hope it gets better!
Hope things calm down a bit for you soon!
Things can only get better:-)
The kids I nanny for don't always nap but I force them to do 'quiet time' in their room where they just relax and look at books and stuff for an hour. That way I can get laundry and stuff done (and get a 'mental' break from them). Plus I think it's good for them to have some downtime in their little brains and bodies from being so active all day.
Acupuncture is awesome. I've had a lot of friends try it and they've never complained about their acupuncturist, only raved about the experience!
Ohhhh, some kids do that! I don't know how I would cope with that craziness. Hope she does give you some sort of down time during the day, 2 year olds have insane amounts of energy!
Ugh... what a week you had! Hope its getting better for you!
Why is it kids have bundles of energy?!!?!? Where do they get it?!!?!?!
I can't remember how old my kids were when they stopped taking naps. From time to time, M will still go lay down by herself... sometimes she falls asleep, sometimes she doesn't. I think having Yaya take some "quiet time" is a good idea... where she doesn't have to take a nap but where she has to play quietly or look at books in her room or bed...
We understand about not being able to get around to comment... I get behind, too!
On yes, the sweet slumber! I find a steady bedroutine and bedtime and no television before bed works for me.
Good luck to hubby with the jobfinding. BTW - I just love your playlist - exactly my kind of music.
say it ain't so.
my baby is almost 3 and he has been gently told that he will not outgrow naps anytime soon.
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