I fear we're entering an era of naptime transition. When do babies give up two naps for just one? Izzy will be 11 months old this week. He has had dependable morning and afternoon naps for the last three months -- two discrete naps ranging from 45 to 90 minutes each -- and I have come to count on this. Of course I liked having his naptimes to get things done, but almost more than that I liked knowing what to expect from my day. I could plan ahead, I knew when I could expect a break, and I had some sense of being in control. (You can laugh at this. Go ahead. I don't mind.)
I never scheduled him -- the nap timetable came entirely from him. And if he needs things to change, then I'll respect those needs as we figure it out together. But I hear that the transition from two naps to one nap can be rocky. Maybe I'm already on those rocks. Looking at his 30-day sleep chart, I can see that over the past two weeks, nine days have had what I consider to be atypical naps. That means that the atypical is now typical!
Well, he's been sick this week, so that explains part of the trouble. And his grandmother babysat him during the day for the very first time, which might have thrown things off. Plus he's sleeping now, so perhaps I can fool myself that things have gotten back to normal. Although I do hear a little murmur through the baby monitor. He's not waking up, though, right? He's just rolling over, right? Right?
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