Thursday, July 2, 2009

To Schedule or Not to Schedule

I've posted about this before, but this week, the whole idea of a schedule is driving me nuts with Sawyer! If I want to go out and do things, he gets thrown off and misses naps and is crazy and cranky. If we stay on his schedule, I'm basically forced to be a recluse. What to do??

Today I decided to do a lot in the morning and stretch out his awake time until around 1pm, then put him down for one nap instead of trying for the two he usually takes. So far so good--he's been down for an hour and was only a little grumpy just before he went to sleep. Of course, we're about to go to Corpus with family, so it's not like it matters what schedule I try.

Still, I think this can be a dilemma. He does better when we're on a schedule and so do I, but keeping that schedule makes the rest of life very hard.
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4 comments:

  1. GRANDPA TURKEYJul 2, 2009 01:45 PM
    it is called parenting and you will have this dilemma even as they grow and do not take naps any longer....getting them to a practice or lesson or whatever. these are the sacrifices of being a parent and you would have it no other way although you definitely need breaks and we are on our way to helping with that. your feelings are very normal and even sane...
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  2. At age 1 my son was still taking 2 naps a day. I would go out in between naps or hope to be home shortly after he fell asleep in the carseat so I could take him inside asleep.

    At age 1 my daughter was only taking an afternoon nap....along with my son. We made it an afternoon routine 1:30 is naptime. So now I have free mornings.

    Works now until I possibly have a 3rd kid.
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  3. Totally normal feelings like your dad said. Just know what the consequences of not sticking to your routine is. Also the Bible tells older women to encourages younger women to be "keepers of home". I think of this often as I no longer Zoom around so much. I also know that in a few short years no kids will need naps. Titus is four and has out grown his nap. I will then be "free" to zoom around town. I encourage you to embrace being at home. Especially after all the hard work you did making it look so nice!

    amber
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  4. the feeling of being a "recluse" is for a short period of time while he needs more nap/a firmer schedule. while we all need some time to go out and take a breather, is it worth it if you/your family end up more stressed than before? it's a balance but i think the younger a child is, the firmer a schedule he needs. it is only for a short period of time....
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