She will not nap and she will not let her brother nap. I do not think this is a choice at 1.5 years old. Because I took her out to let him sleep the other day, she smiles at me and asks to get out. She jumps and laughs and mocks any attempt I make to get her to settle down. When she is not riling her brother up, A's technique is to wait for him to be asleep and then to yank the pete out of his mouth. Then he shrieks at the top of his lungs, I move her, and we start all over again. After 1.5 hours of this crap, I just took her out and she in an extended time out (ie stroller jail). I do not want her to "win" but I guess she already has. Impressive considering my age and experience, outsmarted by a one year old. I wasted all of this time, V will take a short and crappy nap, and she will take no nap and be miserable. Viva BT and viva my job!!! In a few days I will no longer deal with these shenanigans!
i always think about what peggy said about babies and kids - "put them in positions where they can be successful" - then you won't feel like your one year old is trying to "win" against you in anything. just find a way to help her do what you need her to do
ReplyDeleteeasier said than done. one crib. one tired adult. hard to have two nap times.
ReplyDeletemaybe have her nap in the crib and he on your bed or the stroller?
ReplyDeletedunno. just try not to get mad at the little midgets (which is virtually impossible as, when you said, one is tired)
i outsmarted that midget. put her down first. she was out in 2 minutes- bored with nobody to bother. then fatty bombatty went in and i stayed in the room until he fell asleep. he smiled and said her name and fell fast asleep. victory! neither one will sleep on my bed!
ReplyDeletenice work!
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