athomeontheprairie Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 And neither is going down for a nap easily. And they both DESPERATELY need to. Ahhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 If you missed the nap opportunity and are faced with keeping them jolly until bedtime, I strongly suggest a bath around 4pm or so. A bath with...drops of food colour in the water! When I had toddlers that were skipping naps but were absolutely horrible from 4-6:30 (6:30 was when I would put them to bed if they missed their naps) I would put them in a tub of warm water, lots of cups etc to play with and I would make a colour in the water. They called it 'rainbow bath'. It doesn't stain the tub or them, lol. It did make for happy toddlers and made the time until bed much better. Plus, they need a bath anyway. Toddler could play in the tub and I would read my book while they splashed about. But a bath with no hair washing...this is a 'feel good' bath, all about survival. Unless you have 2 year olds who like getting their hair washed that is. Bath, right to dinner, and then BED!!!! (I wish I could do that with my cranky 15 year old. He is very similar in temper to a 2 year old sans nap) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Bath, right to dinner, and then BED!!!! (I wish I could do that with my cranky 15 year old. He is very similar in temper to a 2 year old sans nap) It gets worse!? Love the bath idea, that may end up on today's agenda. One finally went down. The other is quietly resting (unfortunately, this is the one that NEEDED the nap.) Thanks for listening to me whine :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It gets worse!? Yes :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It gets worse!? Love the bath idea, that may end up on today's agenda. One finally went down. The other is quietly resting (unfortunately, this is the one that NEEDED the nap.) Thanks for listening to me whine :-) It gets worse and it gets better Worse: they are cranky but you have much less power to change things. You can't plop them in a bathtub of purple food colouring and be queen of their world. In fact, most of the time you have a hard time connecting that sweet baby to this big person living in your home. Better: They are cranky, but they don't cling. They are much more likely to put in their earbuds and just sulk. You can snicker at the sulking behind their backs. And sometimes you do see the sweet baby in this big almost adult living in your home. Best: the day you realize you can just walk out of the house with a quick yell of 'I'm going to the store. Text me if you need anything when I am there. I'll be back in about an hour and a half" and get a muffled 'ok, see you later' in response. I love that part of having older kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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