Lucy refused her nap. We got home from church past nap time and she was just too worked up to relax when I laid her down. Oh well, we'll just skip the nap today and put her to bed early. Around 5:30 p.m. I went to make her dinner in the kitchen. She climbed into her high chair anticipating food and began to squawk for food. I quickly graced the table with some grapes to tide her over. She went very quiet. I assumed the grapes were just occupying her mouth, while I continued preparing her a meal. It only took me 5 minutes to whip something up, but she was fast asleep at the table when I came in with her dinner. Not much of her head was even on the table, I don't know how it was balancing. Not very many grapes were eaten. Poor sleep deprived child!
I remember probably over a year ago now, seeing a picture like this of Blake McCoy, sleeping in his high chair. I thought to myself "Wow! That is so amazing that he can sleep anywhere when he is tired. Lucy would never do that. She always has to have everything perfect." I am happy to report that when Lucy is tired enough, even she will sleep.
Since this day, 2 weeks ago, we have discovered the wonders of putting Lucy to sleep in her stroller. She was really fighting naps and having a hard time relaxing. Now we just take her on a 5 minute stroller walk at nap time and she is out in no time. We walked home from church today and she went out without a fight, something that was rare for a Sunday after her schedule has been thrown off (we also had a breakthrough today as far as Nursery goes! She has struggled to go by herself ever since we moved, but she went in and was fine all two hours today. Woo Hoo!)
I only wished we had discovered this stroller trick earlier. I have spent hours with her reading stories and trying anything at nap time to get her to sleep. It usually took me anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half to get her to sleep. Bedtime was usually quick, but naps were really ridiculous. Thank you stroller and thank you David for figuring out that this worked while I was gone at Education Week!
