NO NAP -- for 3 days in a row now, what's with that? Please, please don't tell me she's ready to 'give up' her nap! That's my sanity, it's my resting place, it's my entire being and you're going to tell me she might be ready to give it up? NO WAY! I won't stand for it!
She's up there in her room, still in a crib -- I mean, she's not 3 yet and I'm not ready to let her be a 'big girl' in her room. So, we still have the crib. She's been up there for about an hour and a half, talking, reading and then being quiet for periods of time. Each time I think she's asleep, I hear her calling for me again.
We are still sick -- I was up all night coughing, my poor husband was probably kept up by the barking dog laying next to him. I would have come downstairs and slept on the couch, but I heard a loud thump and then I was scared -- I am very skittish when it comes to noises after dark -- have always been that way. In my mind, there was someone with a ladder against our house (the thumping noise was the ladder being rested on the side of the house) and they were trying to crawl into our windows. Now, in my mind, if I just lay real still they would go away, but if I got up they would jump out at me! Crazy, I know - but that's how my brain works -- I've got lots more stories/ideas/theories where that came from.
Getting back to the no napping story -- I know we all need some extra sleep -- the toddler went to school today, I masked her cough by some cough medicine and she appeared to be fine. Gave her some more medicine before nap, but of course I'm a good mom and I gave her the alcohol-free sort of medicine -- that's why she's still up!
Maybe there's some sort of stimulant in cough medicine and that's what's keeping her up? There must be some other reason than the crazy notion that she's 'giving up' her nap......right?
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okay....all I have to say is that my girl woke up like 3 days after christmas a completely different child. It was like someone was mainlining her caffine. She wouldn't sleep (no naps, and up late) she had so much energy, and talked non stop. She was needy, and had to have my attention constantly. She was sassy, and so on. It lasted a bout a week and a half. then she slowly sunk back into herself.
I decided that it was the holidays as well. She just turned 3 last week, so I am not sure how close in age they are. but seriously...it freaked me out.
I hope your girl gets back to normal soon.
Sadly, my boys started to not need a daily nap at around 2 and a half... I am dreading the thought that my youngest might be getting there soon... She still probably needs quiet time every day, but may not sleep every day. As long as she knows it's quiet time, it still counts as alone time, right?
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