tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31905034.post1620683103856213705..comments2023-10-29T05:11:32.345-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Paranoid Parent: A heaping pile of bitternessParanoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15941403343831583259noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31905034.post-84553297495376011972007-04-30T08:05:00.000-04:002007-04-30T08:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for the input. I'll definitely try the car...Thanks for the input. I'll definitely try the car idea -- I guess I just have to let go of the idea of having her naptime to get things done in the house. She already goes down at 7:30-8 pm, and has recently started waking up twice at night, when we'd been down to just once. Maybe this is that 18-month sleep regression, appearing a month early.<BR/><BR/>And, hey, the fact that your twins sleep well now is a good sign, I think. M never, ever slept well. Even when she was tiny, she'd fight sleep with every fiber of her being. So maybe your little ones are just showing signs of things to come.Paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941403343831583259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31905034.post-91742103176678592222007-04-29T21:36:00.000-04:002007-04-29T21:36:00.000-04:00I can't offer any good insight, because my son sto...I can't offer any good insight, because my son stopped napping at this age. He would take what we called a "car nap," however, until about three years old, where I would drive around until he fell asleep and then I'd park somewhere and read and have lunch. Acutally, in a way it was nice as I had absolutely nothing else to do at that time. Of course, I put a lot of miles on our car, but we'd just moved here so I learned all the back roads--I am known among my friends as the person who knows every shortcut in the triangle.<BR/><BR/>There are advantages to not fighting it, the biggest one being that they will go to bed earlier and sleep longer. Eric slept for about 13 hours every night like clockwork. So while other moms had their kids up until 9:00 or later, I got my break at around 7:00 every night. Also, you don't have to get used to your kid not napping, which normally happens sooner rather than later for most kids. Okay, I know that's cold comfort, but you have to take what you can get sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the novel. I don't hold out much hope for my twins in the napping department (they're good now, but they're ten weeks), but maybe they'll surprise me.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455026458904632093noreply@blogger.com