Should I allow a longer nap for ew

[Conniesmummy]

She’s a girl, she’s always stroppy 🤦‍♀️

[Conniesmummy]

She hasn’t wanted a nap so we’ve just done quiet time with some books in the garden after lunch. She’s now gardening with her dad 🙈

[Conniesmummy]

Why do dads always have to rev em up before bedtime? 🤦‍♀️

[Haribo2012]

Ha yep same her wrestling and racing about.x

[Conniesmummy]

Got her to 6:45. She was falling asleep on the sofa and asked to go to bed so she went. No hysterics so hoping she has a better night 🤞

[Haribo2012]

Awhh bless her hopevits a good one x

[Conniesmummy]

Another 11 hr. not bringing bt anyvearlier cos no way I’m doing any earlier wu!! I’m goosed 😳

[Conniesmummy]

Ooh car journeys are not fun 😳
She had a 15 min nap at lunchtime in the car on the way out. Would’ve slept on but we’d arrived thank god. She’s ran mad this afternoon at the funfair but the car Home was painful. Only 30 mins but no way I was giving in to a car snooze no matter how short, at 4pm!!
Am I mean? She perked up at home and has played well in the garden since and eaten her tea no probs. The next issue is trying to make sure she’s not over revved...daddy. Who is currently pushing her in the swing in the garden!! I’ve said 5 mins then quiet time with some books before bath and hopefully sleep around 7 🤞

[Conniesmummy]

It’s so hard to know how far you can push things out isn’t it? Without sending them the other way that is 🙄
Managed to get her happily, but not giddily, to bedtime at 7, asleep by 5 past 🤞🤞🤞🤞

[Haribo2012]

I remember trying anything to keep DS1 awake on journeys as it affected his nights badly so I totally get where you’re coming from. DS2 there is no keeping awake lol so I just let him have a short sleep of we’re out and it doesn’t massively affect him.

Fingers crossed xx

[Conniesmummy]

She only had about 15 mins around midday and we stopped her snoozing later and she’s gone to bed fine. I’ve never been here before so not sure whether a later mini snooze would be bad but didn’t want to chance it 😳🙈
It’s mad cos I bet if I put her to bed after lunch at home she’d nap. She’s always gotten into bed no problem and napped. It was at Nursery when she started refusing and then at mums so we just followed on from that, especially as we were away for the weekend and busy. She seemed to cope better when we were away cos at home she’d be more inclined to get bored and want to sleep x

[Haribo2012]

It is hard to know what’s the best but I think you’re on the right track. I think mine could do with a nap but short of driving every day there’s not a lot I can do so I’ll just wing it each day lol x

[Conniesmummy]

I can tell by the way she’s waking up in the morning that she really wants to still be asleep, lots of fidgeting around and burying her face in the pillow but no matter how much I try and tweak things, she’s not stretching it out and I feel like the days are getting harder. I almost want to reintroduce the nap but I know the consequences of that are not good 😔

[Conniesmummy]

At least I get a day off tomorrow when I go to work 🤦‍♀️😂

[Conniesmummy]

Hubby has now allowed her downstairs early and is refusing to acknowledge that he’s at risk of encouraging earlier mornings by doing this. We have always been quite strict about what time we go downstairs. He just dismisses me. Ok for him who sleeps like a log!! Except when he wants to be up himself that is!!