That buzzer is the "Beep, thank you for trying, but you have FAILED at the Get Your Child To Nap Like A Normal Person Game Show."
Yep. All I have succeeded in doing is changing the nap routine so that it includes a lengthy storytime AND lengthy hold-you-and-sing-to-you time. And it still doesn't always work. This is just one of those things about parenting that I am Not Very Good At. I care more about her taking a nap than she does. Therefore I will do everything in my power to make it happen, and no amount of self-control can stop me.
In other news, because I could use a change of subject, I did promise pictures of baking. Here we are making Gingersnaps. (And to those of you who note that my walls are stripey, I am pleased to tell you that they are no longer, and that we settled on that dark turquoise. It's like cooking inside a Tiffany Box).
We had to refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours before it hardened enough to be formed into proper cookie-ball shape, which was a tragedy that could only be alleviated by dumping flour down our dress, but we recovered and here we are in new outfits making cookie balls:
The challenge of cookie-balls is not to squish them once you have made them, and to remember to take tastes from the bowl with Mommy's permission not from the cookie-ball. As you can see, that is a challenge we are still working on overcoming.
And why not? Cookie dough tastes great no matter where it comes from!
Yep. All I have succeeded in doing is changing the nap routine so that it includes a lengthy storytime AND lengthy hold-you-and-sing-to-you time. And it still doesn't always work. This is just one of those things about parenting that I am Not Very Good At. I care more about her taking a nap than she does. Therefore I will do everything in my power to make it happen, and no amount of self-control can stop me.
In other news, because I could use a change of subject, I did promise pictures of baking. Here we are making Gingersnaps. (And to those of you who note that my walls are stripey, I am pleased to tell you that they are no longer, and that we settled on that dark turquoise. It's like cooking inside a Tiffany Box).
We had to refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours before it hardened enough to be formed into proper cookie-ball shape, which was a tragedy that could only be alleviated by dumping flour down our dress, but we recovered and here we are in new outfits making cookie balls:
The challenge of cookie-balls is not to squish them once you have made them, and to remember to take tastes from the bowl with Mommy's permission not from the cookie-ball. As you can see, that is a challenge we are still working on overcoming.
And why not? Cookie dough tastes great no matter where it comes from!
3 comments:
Two thoughts: 1)I remember Granny baking cookies with you and Drew. You guys loved the cookie dough but lost interest in the cookies.
2) I remember being VERY disappointed when Jordan's pediatrician told me that some children don't need naps. (Jordan, of course, the high maintenence child) But I needed naps! I empathize with your nap situation!!
When Hailey was younger, he naps were 15 to 20 minutes. It was very frustrating, then at about two and half she started taking 3 hour naps and still does. Maybe Maile will be taking long naps soon?????
I feel like nap time must be an issue with most parents with children between the ages of 0-6. Keep up the good work! Maybe she is just too busy to be taking naps:)
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