But it was time to get Owen from school…
Category Archives: Sleeping & Napping
Owen didn’t want to take a nap.
Going, going, gone…
We got on the road at 6:08am so I wasn’t surprised that Owen got a little tired after lunch…
Kid sitting
We were watching our friends’ kids overnight so they could stay out. Katie wanted to sleep with them!
Katie’s first driveway nap
After my eye appointment today on base, we had a 40 minute drive home…right around Katie’s naptime…so yep, she fell asleep. She does not transfer well—a five-minute car nap means her real nap will be postponed for a few hours. If we were going to be at home, we’d try again, but that wouldn’t be possible today because we have Owen’s valentines party.
What was really surprising is that she didn’t wake up when the car stopped OR when I opened my door…either of which typically happens. So for the first time ever, I left Katie in the car to take her nap. (Actually, it was the first time I’ve ever done it with either kid!) And while I know she’s safe—it’s sunny and warm in the car plus I keep checking on her about every 10 minutes (and she hasn’t even moved)—it still feels weird even though I know people do it.
That said, she slept about an hour. I had hoped for even more but an hour was pretty good and better than nothing—and likely as best as I could hope for today. 🙂
And it was warmer in the car than I thought—she was a little sweaty. 🙂
I hate waking a sleeping Katie.
I hate to ever wake a sleeping kid, but sometimes life calls for it. Unfortunately Katie doesn’t nap consistently so I can never make plans—or if I do, I might have to wake her up…like today. (One day she might only nap for an hour until 12:30, but the next day I have to wake her up at 2:10 in order to pick Owen up at school.)
Thankfully she’s happy when I wake her up—and usually hears me open the door and jumps up. Today, however, I felt even more guilty than usual because she was OUT. She didn’t even stir when I opened the door…or when I took TWO pictures (complete with sound and flash!)…
But then Owen came banging in the screen door and that did it. 🙂
So then it was off to our mystery trip!
I wish I was this photogenic after a nap.
Hugs for the bear!
An 8 B night
Of course since I had Gramma Jean sew a bunch of Baby Bs into blankets for Katie, now she likes the singles. She asks for one at naptime and bedtime—but tonight she wanted the 4B blanket PLUS the other single Bs that were floating around. You can’t clearly see them all, but she’s laying on them all and loving it!
Escapee!
I just turned on Katie’s monitor to see if she was asleep yet…and I swear I heard walking-around noises. Owen knows not to go in…so I keep watching and…yep, there she was…the little shit got out of her crib! I had been in the shower so didn’t hear anything and Owen says he didn’t hear anything, either. Egads.
I’m not ready for this. She HAS to wait until Tom is home—I really don’t want to deal with taking apart her crib and buying a bed (even though friends have offered to help me get a bed home and/or dismantle the crib and/or put together a new bed). But honestly…I’m just really not ready for the Super-Nannying I’ll surely have to do to keep her in her bed/room…
All her toys will come out tonight so she has nothing to stand on. (I was too gobsmacked just now to take them out plus I watched her until she fell asleep.) I’ll give it another day or two of watching like a hawk before I make any major decisions (which I fully understand could come back to bite me in the ass).
Katie, give me a hug.
This is what she does when you ask for a hug…puts her head in your shoulder and snuggles. Well, we haven’t tested it with anyone but me yet…
This is what I walked in to see this morning.
Yep, jammies completely off and apparently working on the diaper! Owen never once did this. I have a feeling we may be turning her jammies backwards or putting her in a sleep sack (backwards)…
My temporary cuddle bug.
She didn’t nap long today so I got her in a cuddly mood. For about five minutes.
I wish I was this cute after a nap.
And hugging “Alno.”
Today was a Facebook day.
Nothing really blog-worthy happened today…but I did post a few things on Facebook that I thought I’d share here:
Up today? Toy Story. Both are fully entranced. Unfortunately, we only got to see about 10 minutes of the movie before our network decided to flake out…and an hour of messing with it did nothing. Which leads to…
I am so sick of our worthless wireless network that there just might be 500 yards of ethernet cable running through the house when Tom gets home.
On the best of days, I don’t have the energy for two sick kids (with one super snotty girl). On a day like today when I am feeling exhausted and headachy, I REALLY don’t have the energy to be up and wiping noses every two minutes. But when you can see the snot fly through the air during a sneeze…you can’t really ignore it. At least Owen can (mostly) do his own and can kind of help with Katie…but I still need to intervene a lot.
Aww crap. I just realized Katie is likely teething. It’s about the age and would explain the extra chewing and slobber. Yeah, you’d think I would have thought of that before now…but no.
I’m so glad Owen didn’t want to take a nap today so that he could fall asleep on the couch at 4:45. 😐
And I just had to be a mean mom and wake Owen up from a nap. I just couldn’t let him take a long nap at this time of day when his bedtime is 7:30…because I am NOT giving up my nightly alone/me time if I can help it. Especially since I want to go to bed early since I’m not feeling the best.
How can one tiny girl produce SO much snot?!
Of course the best time to find out the humidifier in your kid’s room is dead is at bedtime. GRRR. Unfortunately, this means a trip to town—since it’s the weekend, Amazon wouldn’t get here until Wednesday…and with a coupon at BB&B I can get $10 off. Blurg.
Every once in awhile she’ll do this when I’m changing her for bed.
I love when she curls up like this.
Because just for an instant I have my tiny baby back. 🙂
Owen’s New Jams
Size 8, mind you. And none too big.
Katie’s Bedtime
She loves having the bear in there.
I was trying to get her to look at me and smile but I got this funny look:
I still can’t believe she lets me cover her up! (It doesn’t last but it’s cute for a minute!)
Owen never did this.
Yes, she’s certainly going to be my little troublemaker.
Unsnapped, unzipped, and more than half off when I walked in to get her this morning.
She didn’t want to get up.
I had to wake Katie up to go get Owen from school. She heard me and just stretched then changed positions, obviously not wanting to get up. Can’t say I blame her—I don’t like getting woken up either.
Our little monkey goes to bed.
In Owen’s old monkey PJs.
Not minding being covered up.
Post-nap cuteness
Katie’s Nap
Katie must be enjoying being back to our normal quiet routine (or she was flat out exhausted after a week with the grandparents!). Instead of her recent 1.5 hour naps, today she’s going on 3 hours. 🙂
And she has one of Owen’s full-size Bs in with her…and she’s completely covered up with it!
No, Katie. PLEASE not yet.
Grannie Lin told me this morning that she was in Katie’s room putting away clothes while Katie was still in her crib…and she watched Katie kick her leg up onto the side rail.
Uh oh.
The mattress is down as far as it can go…so now we have to watch her like a hawk when we put her down—and especially when she wakes up—to make sure she doesn’t get too antsy and try to escape.
Owen was 25 months old when he got moved to a big boy bed…so I’m really hoping she lasts QUITE a bit longer in her crib. At least until Tom gets home…and hopefully longer.
School wears him out
Owen had a half day today…and this happened after he got home. I think school wears him out…plus he probably still doesn’t feel great.
Two new bedtimes!
So, Owen has been pretty much done with naps for awhile now, right? Right.
Until Pre-K started, apparently, when they have an hour scheduled for “rest” which can include a nap if they’re tired or just quiet time where they can draw or read.
So what do I read on his daily take-home sheet Monday? He slept. Okay, I thought, that was a fluke—maybe he was just really worn out or didn’t get a good night’s sleep. So, what did I read Tuesday? He slept. Hmmmm. Okay. And then today? HE SLEPT AGAIN! He has taken THREE naps this week!
So…I’m thinking he needs more sleep at night (even though he is already going to bed earlier and getting up at the same time—I haven’t had to wake him up for school once yet)…so I moved his bedtime to 7:30 instead of 8.
And since Katie WAS at 7:30 and I didn’t want them both going at the same time (a little rough on me), I moved her to 7—which is also likely a good thing because her daytime nap has moved back to 11 so she’s likely more tired at night.
And what might be the best bonus? More free time at night for me!
She was sleeping hard!
I rarely have to wake her up, but it was time… Normally she wakes up just as you open the door, but today, she was OUT. Enough so I could actually snap a picture!
Crap.
Katie’s been pretty good with naps since Owen started school…but sometimes this happens on the way to pick him up.
She slept for about 20 minutes…then thankfully still took her real nap around 12:45.
Owen’s bedtime storytelling
Owen was telling me stories as he was getting ready for bed, so I turned on the camera. First he’s talking about a Sophia the First episode in which Baileywick (the castle’s butler) gets a red rash and “pumpkin head” from touching Mettlesome Myrtle (though it’s not really a pumpkin head…just very red puffy cheeks):
Then he talks about reading, a new book, two new ideas (the Doc-mobile Tour, from Doc McStuffins), and then Sesame Street talking about Elmo and the word of the day. Phew!
The ending kills me.
Someone had a busy day!
