Naps

we love our daycare, but they're not great about naptime. i know that E is a pretty solid napper, so they kind of have no excuse with her. if she's been up for about 2 hours (it has gradually stretched from about 1 to about 2 over the course of the last 3 months), she is pretty well due for a nap.

this is what you do to put her down for a nap: you take her to her crib and put her down and walk away. she might talk to herself for a bit, but then she will sleep about an hour, sometimes an hour and a half. easy peasy!

but, of course, they usually have about 10 infants in the room and 2 teachers, so i guess it's not so easy peasy. kids often fall asleep on the rug while they're playing, and the teachers might move them to their cribs at that point, or even just leave them there. the problem with this approach is, well, pretty obvious, if kids are tired but playing, they are likely to just keep playing. so, there are days when eden will get only 2 short naps in during a 9 hour period. killer! they told me that she made her way over to the linoleum floor today (i can't believe she's able to move that much!), but instead of having a fit, she just fussed a bit and then put her head down, sucked her thumb, and fell fast asleep. it makes me feel a combination of pride (that she can sleep anywhere) and sadness (that she's so tired that she can sleep anywhere).

so, she's had a little bit of a fitful sleep this evening, but i think it's been because she's been overtired. hopefully she can catch up on some sleep this weekend.

I sometimes hold her for a while after she's fallen asleep. It is something of heaven.