Transitioning to No Naps

Isaac is definitely going through a no-naps transition.  Several days in a row, no nap.  Yesterday he had a late nap.  Today he had an active day, didn't nap and fell asleep at the table while we ate dinner (around 5:45pm).  Unfortunately, he didn't finish his dinner so I have a feeling he'll wake up later and say he's hungry.

Today we made some rice crispy squares (Isaac helped to measure marshmallows and stir everything together), played a board game Hi Ho Cherry-O (which we modified the rules to make the game to by faster), and Daddy took him out to the park in the afternoon.

I really wonder if he'll be able to attend my choir performances.  One is at 7pm and the other is at 2pm.  If he doesn't nap, he's in bed around 6:30pm.  If he naps, then he can come to the evening performance.  Not sure how I can get him to nap that day.

Update: He woke up at 6:40pm.  I fed him the rest of dinner.  Now I don't know what time he'll go to bed tonight.  Maybe 9pm?

Cutting naps

It seems that Isaac is starting to cut naps on some days.  He went napless on Saturday and again today.  I was able to put him to bed extra early today (asleep by 6:30pm instead of the usual 9pm).  I don't really know why he's cutting his nap... maybe I just missed the timing since he was looking quite sleepy a bit earlier but I wanted him to eat lunch before his nap.

I know that there are a number of kids his age that have already cut their naps, but I think he generally needs his nap still.  He's much less agreeable in the evening when he doesn't get a nap.

Today, I took Isaac to a Strong Start class.  First we had some gym time, then free play, circle time, snacks, he wasn't interested in reading time, but listened in on the story time at the end.  For snack time, they served crackers, cheese, oranges and apples.  Isaac really loved eating the cheddar cheese.  He kept asking for more but didn't touch any of the other stuff.  I was hoping that taking him to school would help to burn off his energy so that he'd nap... but I couldn't get him down after trying for an hour.  I left him at home with Daddy and went to do a blood test.

It looks like one of Isaac's 2-year molars has finally broken through and is coming in at the back.  3 more to go.  I haven't noticed any teething symptoms this time.  Then again, the teeth seem to be coming up quite slowly.

Tomorrow we have Twos Time.  I've volunteered to help in tomorrow's class.  Hope it'll be fun.

Bed Sleeping - Night 2

We put him in our bed again tonight.  He asked to go potty, then asked for some water, but settled down afterwards and fell asleep.  He's a bit of a restless sleeper because he moves around A LOT.  About 30 minutes ago, I heard a thump... went in to check to find Isaac asleep on the floor (his head was under his crib - beside our bed).  I transferred him into his crib.

I think once he gets a bed of his own, I'll need to put on guard rails or something.  I know of a number of people who just put a mattress on the floor - so that's also an option.

Bed Sleeping

The boy seems more than ready to move to a bed.  Tonight, he didn't want to sleep in his crib, so I let him lie in our bed.  I told him that if he got out of the bed, I would put him in his crib.  I left him and he called "mama mama" a few times.  I repeatly told him to go to sleep.  Sometime between 9pm and 9:30pm (when I went to check on him), he had fallen asleep.  I moved him back to his crib.

Sometimes during nap times, I let him sleep in our bed.  When he wakes up, he'll say "mama gone" then come out and look for me.

I guess we'll have to figure out how to rearrange furniture and figure out how and where to set up a bed for the boy.  At the moment, we're considering giving the boy our room.  Then we'll either get a sofa bed and sleep in the living room or put a bed into Daddy's office.  We'll probably try to sort this out in June.