Mad Dash to Nap

I don’t usually do naptime since I’m in school at this time, but I had a few days off this week for veterans day so i’ve been putting them down for their naps consistently this week.

Darrell is very strict with them, but when naptime comes, I need a nap and I’m just too tired or fed-up to exert to much discipline onto them. Darrell usually makes them calm down on the couch and drink their sippies of milk and watch their video with the curtains drawn, but when I put them on the couch, they absolutely will not sit still. They want to climb everywhere. So I’ve given up and I just do everything Darrell does except I put them on the floor and they have full reign to do anything. And I think it’s so cute.

I usually decide to begin naptime routine when I see they start slowing down, or get more clingy to me or they throw cranky tantrums over absolutely nothing. Today, they were definitely slowing down so I set up the routine and give them their sippies. They drink, and then all of a sudden they have a huge burst of energy and want to play with every little thing because they know they are gonna take a nap and won’t see their toys for a while. And at this time, they are actually nice to each other. They rarely steal toys at this time and usually share pretty well. And I used to fear that they were getting the 2nd-wind of energy due to over-tiredness and I’ve missed the golden opportunity to put them down for a nap fuss free….. but miraculously, when the video ends and I turn off the TV, they both sit down, hug their loveys (that they previously tossed aside) and calmly wait for me to pick them both up to put them to sleep.

And so I do. I place each in their cribs, tuck them in with their loveys and favorite stuffed bear, and their blanket and leave. No crying or fussiness. At all. Good days.

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