Day 2 of our decision to go cold turkey without a nap for Dean. Friday morning, Dean woke us up at 4:30 and could not go back to sleep. I had taken a Tylenol PM at midnight to help me sleep, which is supposed to give you 8 hours of good sleep, so you do the math. We've been fighting his early morning tendencies for four plus years, but when we are woken up before 5 a.m., it does not bring out the best in our parenting. Unfortunately, the early-morning-rising-and-nap combination is cyclical. When Dean wakes up super early, he usually naps really well - and we like naptime because it's an opportunity to catch up on sleep ourselves - and so the cycle continues...
So Friday I decided to sacrifice my nap and keep him up in the afternoon. Usually, it makes no difference the next day - he still wakes up before 6 at least, as he did this morning - which is why we've kept the naps. There is usually little reward for a napless day. But still, maybe after a week, we can get closer to 7? I feel like a zombie. I clearly need more sleep than my four-year-old. Mistake? We shall see...
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