WFMW: Nap-time variations

August 15, 2007 · Filed under Parenting

Being in my first trimester, I’m desperate for some good quiet nap time in the afternoon. But Bean, my 3-yr old, doesn’t like to take naps, and honestly she doesn’t really need them.

So lately I’ve been letting her spend her afternoon “quiet time” in different places. One day she has ‘quiet time’ in the guest room, where she loves the big pillowtop bed with the plush comforter. Another day I let her spend it in my room (while I crash on the guest bed). If I’m in a really benevolent mood I’ll give her some newly printed cartoons of her favorite characters and crayons and let her color anywhere she’s like.  The only hard rule is that she has to be quiet so she doesn’t wake me or Little Man.

I get nap-time. She gets her quiet-time. Little Man sleeps. We’re all a happy family. That’s what works for me. Head over to Rocks in My Dryer for more Works For Me Wednesday tips.

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    mummymac said,

    August 15, 2007 @ 4:23 pm

    I like your background ;-)

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    tonsofsons said,

    August 15, 2007 @ 4:35 pm

    Love my naptime! We have quiet time, too. The younger ones can lay in their beds and watch a movie and look at books. But, you can’t come out until the movie is over.

    http://tonsofsons.wordpress.com/

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