This latest nap strike is driving me crazy. For the last two weeks, Jack has skipped most of his naps. He naps when the babysitter is here. He naps when we’re at a friends. But at home, with just me? Forget it.
I’ve tried the putting him in his crib without doing much beforehand. I’ve tried rocking and singing to him for a half hour. I’ve tried putting him down earlier, and later. No dice. He will at least hang out in his crib for an hour to an hour and a half without much fuss.
It’s not that he’s not tired. If we go out in the car in the afternoon, he’ll fall asleep. Last week he fell asleep on my dad’s lap.
I know I should just be zen about the whole thing, and accept that he’s not napping much right now, but it really, really frustrates me. If I’m busy in the kitchen or something while he’s making noise in the crib, it’s no big deal, but if I want to relax more, it doesn’t work very well.
He is not even 2 yet. There is NO WAY he’s done with napping.
On Monday afternoon I went up to Walnut Creek to see my parents. Our babysitter was here Monday morning, and I told her to go ahead and put him down early since I wanted to leave early afternoon. Of course he picked that day to have a nearly 3 hour nap! Arrrrgh.






