I am happy to say that the day has finally come that AJ has transitioned to ONE NAP! A few months ago, I had many moms of older kids tell me how great this would be, but at the time AJ was taking two, two hour naps so why would I then want that to change to one two hour nap, I thought? Sure, it would be easier on my schedule, because then we could do more during the day and not plan so much around naps, but I kinda liked having 4 hours to do things around the house or do homework.
Then, all the sudden, the past week or so, AJ has somehow changed his schedule all on his own. He started napping later and longer and then started waking up at SEVEN AM rather than 6! BEST EVER! So, now this is our routine. He typically wakes at 7am-ish, then takes a nap from 11-1:30 or 2 and then is totally ready for bed by 7pm. So, he'll sleep almost 12 hours each night! WOOOHOOO!!
For whatever reason though, the past few nights, AJ has been waking up crying a few times a night. It's so quick that I don't even get out of bed, but he wakes 3-4 times and cries really hard and then goes back to sleep. I wonder if he's teething or having bad dreams? Who knows.....
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Preston has been doing that lately too - waking up and crying for a bit and then going back to sleep. We have talked about it, and we wonder if maybe he has bad dreams? You never know what can effect them. I remember my nephew, who was 2, being COMPLETELY terrified during "Toy Story" when they threw Woody in the trash can. You just never realize that stuff can be scary to a tiny person - because it's not to us.
There were a couple of nights last week when I actually had to get up with Preston though. You know, you can tell by the type of crying if it's a "I'm going to cry myself back to sleep in a minute or two", or if escelates and keeps getting worse. I went in there and found him sitting up in his crib with tears streaming down his face, and even after picking him up it took a min or two to get him to calm down.
So I don't know what it is...maybe teething, maybe bad dreams? But doesn't it feel good to know that you can comfort him? I always feel good knowing that. And I do feel bad when I don't go in there, but I know it's better for him in those instances.
Preston was doing one nap a day for the past 2 weeks, but this week we decided to go back to 2 naps a day because he was just getting way to cranky by the late afternoon. He normally wakes up around 7 or 7;30 and takes a nap around 10:30 - 12:30. Plays all afternoon,...but by 4pm or 4:30 he is at his wits end. We have tried keeping him awake until his bedtime at 7:30pm, but it's just too much for him.
If we can keep him awake later in the mornings so he falls alseep around 11:00 or 12:00, then he doesn't need a 2nd nap, USUALLY, however, it is just a horrible morning for everyone in the house because we're literally just keeping him up when he really would rather be sleeping.
So we just thought, well, maybe he still needs 2 naps a day. He'll set his own schedule when he is ready to be down to one. Sounds like that is what AJ has done.
Preston is sleeping 12 hours a night now too...it is SOOOO nice. :)
Sorry, that was like an novel - hahaha.
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