This is interesting…
So I’m totally laughing right now because I just read my last post. Katelyn is still such a good girl…it’s just that there are a lot of changes going on right now and it’s very…”interesting”. ;) Last week we switched her to one nap a day. We have been basically fighting her to take her afternoon nap for the past two months. She would take her first nap around 11:30a.m. and sleep until 1p.m. That changed from 12p.m. to 1p.m. and then she suddenly refused to take her afternoon nap. She might take a half hour nap once a week in the afternoons OR she would fall asleep at 5p.m. so tired and wake at 6p.m. Yeah….that didn’t work so well when it was time to actually go to bed for the night around 8/8:30p.m. It just wasn’t too fun for any of us. So! We decided to stop fighting it and change her to one nap. There are actually great benefits such as her going down for her nap and bedtime with little or no fuss. She’s absolutely ready for that time – which is awesome. The seeming downside: she has been so crabby/fussy/unhappy for the past few days. Yes, we pushed her nap to around 12:30/1, but that’s not really that far from what it originally was. I think there are multiple things going on: 1) Yes, her nap time has been pushed further 2) She cut another tooth 
3) I have no idea if another/how many others are coming (she hates me looking into her mouth but I have not felt any others….I can only assume) and 4) she’s probably growing again. All of those changes would make ME grumpy too. lol She’s really the great baby she’s always been but she’s added occasionally throwing herself backwards when she doesn’t get the right answer from me. The first time she did it I was like, “Uh…excuse me? Are you kidding me?!” lol Suffice to say – the discipline has definitely started. I find it hard – at times – to explain a “concept” to her that she did not do right. I guarantee she understands more than I give her credit for…it’s just another interesting step in the parenting world. :)
Mostly, I feel for the girl in having so many changes happening in her world. She has all the changes I mentioned as well as Mom & Dad’s sudden discipline. It’s pretty clear, though, that she’s not feeling well. I’ll hold her during the day to keep her still for a bit because I can tell she just feels miserable and as soon as I do – her eyes almost completely shut from exhaustion. They almost shut, but she will NOT sleep. And so I continue to make her have a little “down time” for 10-15 minutes and then she is up and happy again. I hope this all changes soon for her – and for us. She just looks miserable and it makes me question our decision in changing to one nap. However, when I look at everything…there would be no good coming from switching back.
All kids are different….there are a lot of variables in every family equation. It’s such a guessing game and I hate guessing. :)
