It's very strange to me that the only moms I seem to know who are very "nap conscious" (spelled that wrong I think), are the moms I chat with on this board and a couple of others. I know only one other mom who abides by her child's nap schedule pretty religiously like I do. So, I get lots and lots of critisism from my friends and my sister about being crazy when it comes to naps.
Anyone else?
I have a thought too. I've been "schedule focused", or "routine focused" since my son was a few weeks old. He's now almost 6 months. I've been so scared of him getting over tired that I've worked hard to avoid it at all costs. My sanity has taken a beating! Yesterday, I threw caution to the wind and put my son in the car right as his nap in his crib should be starting because it was my dear friend's son's first birthday party. He slept in the car for 30 mins on the way there, which I knew he would. He would have gotten over an hour in the crib. When we got there he was fine. I was there for 2 hrs and he was as happy as a clam. In the car he barely fussed on the way home. He isn't a cry baby, so he doesn't fuss much anyway.
I gave him a catnap after he'd been awake for 2 1.5 hrs and I think he could have stayed awake even a bit longer.
I had him in bed at 6:50pm and he slept 11 hrs. Pretty typical for him. Usually it's between 11-12 hrs. Total nap time yesterday was just 2 hrs. A.M. nap of an hour and two 30min cat naps.
So, should I be more relaxed or stick to our regular routine? I guess I worry about cummulative over tiredness that I've read about. Baby can seem to do ok here and there with less sleep, but if it happens over time they can become progressively over tired and NW can be a result or chronic EW.
Just curious as to thoughts on this.
