the recent nap transition

so, it's slightly early, but ever since Moses was about a year old, he was beginning to drop down to one nap a day.  he would take a longer nap in the morning and then his afternoon nap would consist of him entertaining himself for about an hour and a half by talking excitedly, throwing around pacifiers and teddy bears, and jumping up and down in the crib.  i think it was probably a whole lot of fun.

so, last week, i decided [against popular wisdom], to drop his morning nap shortly before an out-of-town trip.    it actually worked out really fine.  i did drop to one nap cold turkey, as has been my MO with mo.  i just moved his afternoon nap from about 2 to about 12:30 or so.  the next day was sunday, and he seemed rather sleepy in the morning, so i laid him down for 45 minutes, and he squeezed in a half hour nap before church.  the day after, he seemed good to go in the morning, so we went out and returned in time for him to doze briefly in the van, eat lunch, and lay down for a longer afternoon nap.  he woke up at about 2 hours, cried for less than 10 seconds, and then slept for another half hour.  he's been able to sleep longer and longer until now he's been able to reach 3 hours and 45 minutes.  it's not every day, and sometimes he still needs his morning nap, but he's doing well.  and his nighttime sleep is fairly regular, except for one cry out (for less than 10 seconds) once a week or so, which started before we started dropping down to one nap, so i'm going to go ahead and blame it on teething.  ha.  or maybe it's dreaming--i heard that kids dream now.  or maybe it's separation anxiety.  or maybe he's thirsty.  or maybe... it could be anything, really.  

anyway, what i really wanted to say here was that i am loving that longer afternoon nap!  i even got a very restful 2 hour nap myself just yesterday.  it was marvelous.  plus, when we skip the nap in the morning, we can have a fun outing--like today, our family went out to downtown decatur and had a nice walk together.  

lovelove,

mamama

PS: i meant to mention that momo dropped down to one nursing session about a month ago on his own.  just the morning one now, and i think he'll drop it on his own too.  it's been a nice slow process.  i recommend it.