My daughter won't take a nap!!!!!!

acoustic guy

I depend on those two hours. I use it to workout and shower etc.
It helps break up the day. But when she will not nap.....Uggg.
We both get more and more cranky as the day goes on. I love the heck out of this little bugger but man it can be hard.
I have a whole newfound respect for stay at home moms.

Rygar

acoustic guy wrote:

I depend on those two hours. I use it to workout and shower etc.
It helps break up the day. But when she will not nap.....Uggg.
We both get more and more cranky as the day goes on. I love the heck out of this little bugger but man it can be hard.
I have a whole newfound respect for stay at home moms.

Flying dragon axe kick = nap. That's really how mom's do it.

Brain of J.Lo

acoustic guy wrote:

I depend on those two hours. I use it to workout and shower etc.
It helps break up the day. But when she will not nap.....Uggg.
We both get more and more cranky as the day goes on. I love the heck out of this little bugger but man it can be hard.
I have a whole newfound respect for stay at home moms.

I got lucky and I have a good napper. But, she's been taking longer and longer to go to sleep lately. I don't know what's going on. She is up there now squealing and singing and jumping in her crib. I put her down 40 minutes ago. :rolleyes:

This is supposed to be my workout/shower time too...so when she wakes up early it really throws me off. This is awful, but yesterday she woke up at the end of my workout and I just HAD to shower, so I did...but she was so pissed because she could hear me in the shower that by the time I went to get her, she was all sweaty and crying! But, that was better than me being all sweaty and crying...right?

redrock

How old is she?
Little enough, just let her watch you when you workout, put her in the bathroom when you shower, etc. My daughter used to be in her little bouncer and followed me around with whatever I was doing. It distracts them.

As they get a bit older, the naps get a bit scarcer I'm afraid. She may be tired but is fighting it because there are so many more interesting things to do. Also if you get cranky, she feels it. She's not hungry or anything?

GreenTeaDisease

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I got lucky and I have a good napper. But, she's been taking longer and longer to go to sleep lately. I don't know what's going on. She is up there now squealing and singing and jumping in her crib. I put her down 40 minutes ago. :rolleyes:

This is supposed to be my workout/shower time too...so when she wakes up early it really throws me off. This is awful, but yesterday she woke up at the end of my workout and I just HAD to shower, so I did...but she was so pissed because she could hear me in the shower that by the time I went to get her, she was all sweaty and crying! But, that was better than me being all sweaty and crying...right?

I don't think that's awful. by age 2 you should able to leave them alone in a safe spot for long enough to take a shower. crying for 10 minutes never killed anyone!

Brain of J.Lo

I was going to ask...have you tried different things to make her sleepy...like white noise? My daughter used to go to sleep with the sound of crickets chirping every day and night. Also, have you tried just fully wearing her out in the morning?

reversedarwinism

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soulsinging

it's threads like this that make me think i shoiuld stop having sex forever becos nothing is worth the risk of having a child, unless i can pay someone else to raise it.

Brain of J.Lo

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I don't think that's awful. by age 2 you should able to leave them alone in a safe spot for long enough to take a shower. crying for 10 minutes never killed anyone!

lol, I know it's not really that awful. She just looked so wrecked when I got to her, that I felt bad. Her hair was all crazy and she had taken off her jammies even...lol. I am giggling about it now. I know she was really fine, though.

acoustic guy

redrock wrote:

How old is she?
Little enough, just let her watch you when you workout, put her in the bathroom when you shower, etc. My daughter used to be in her little bouncer and followed me around with whatever I was doing. It distracts them.

As they get a bit older, the naps get a bit scarcer I'm afraid. She may be tired but is fighting it because there are so many more interesting things to do. Also if you get cranky, she feels it. She's not hungry or anything?

She is a year and a half. Normally she takes a bottle and goes right to sleep, and stays that way for 2 hours solid. But yesterday and today she is not having it. I can't let her into the workout room . if I 'm on the tredmill she will try to climb up and that can be trouble .

acoustic guy

soulsinging wrote:

it's threads like this that make me think i shoiuld stop having sex forever becos nothing is worth the risk of having a child, unless i can pay someone else to raise it.

No way man, having a child is one of the best things I ever did. It is really great experience to have. The Pro's far out way the Con's. After the first 6 months its really great for a guy.

Brain of J.Lo

acoustic guy wrote:

She is a year and a half. Normally she takes a bottle and goes right to sleep, and stays that way for 2 hours solid. But yesterday and today she is not having it. I can't let her into the workout room . if I 'm on the tredmill she will try to climb up and that can be trouble .

Is it possible that she is wanting to take a later nap? When do you normally put her down? I think my daughter is wanting/needing to go down later...but on the rare occasion that I put her down after 2 (if we've been out or something), then she takes FOREVER to get to sleep...so I don't know what's up.

Steve Dunne

put in 'dream a little dream'. that'll do the trick for her.

acoustic guy

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I don't think that's awful. by age 2 you should able to leave them alone in a safe spot for long enough to take a shower. crying for 10 minutes never killed anyone!

I don't like to shower in front of her. LOL hahahaha
She peeks in and stares at it......yea stares at it.
I get all creeped out. My wife laughs and thinks its funny.

acoustic guy

Steve Dunne wrote:

put in 'dream a little dream'. that'll do the trick for her.

Still a great movie.

norm

soulsinging wrote:

it's threads like this that make me think i shoiuld stop having sex forever becos nothing is worth the risk of having a child, unless i can pay someone else to raise it.

ever the romantic....;)

Brain of J.Lo

acoustic guy wrote:

I don't like to shower in front of her. LOL hahahaha
She peeks in and stares at it......yea stares at it.
I get all creeped out. My wife laughs and thinks its funny.

lol! My daughter stares...and LAUGHS at my breasts. I tell her not to laugh, and that it's her fault they look like that now. :(

TrixieCat

You need to tire her out.
Mine is 3 and people are amazed that he still naps almost everyday during the week. I run him ragged. I take him outside, to the park, the mall, an inside playground. It gets his energy out and he willingly takes a nap.
She may be going through a growth spurt...sometimes they don't like to nap then. Take her outside.

acoustic guy

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Is it possible that she is wanting to take a later nap? When do you normally put her down? I think my daughter is wanting/needing to go down later...but on the rare occasion that I put her down after 2 (if we've been out or something), then she takes FOREVER to get to sleep...so I don't know what's up.

I think your right. I gotta keep her up longer now, maybe after lunch.

GreenTeaDisease

soulsinging wrote:

it's threads like this that make me think i shoiuld stop having sex forever becos nothing is worth the risk of having a child, unless i can pay someone else to raise it.

haha I was thinking the other day that I couldn't handle FEEDING a kid. A baby, I could probably handle that (though there is no way you'd ever get me to breast feed). but a kid-kid...I mean you have plan MEALS. you have to go the GROCERY STORE. You have to listen to kids complain that they don't want to eat this or that. I think that would definitely cramp my style!

acoustic guy

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

lol! My daughter stares...and LAUGHS at my breasts. I tell her not to laugh, and that it's her fault they look like that now. :(

hahahahaa. Funny visual.