Wearing Me Out

Anna has been napping one day per week for the last month or so. She talks and sings happily in bed for two hours instead of falling asleep the rest of the days. Also, she's been getting up earlier the past two weeks and I think it has to do with morning traffic (cars honking, etc. right outside her window). I'm thankful that she stays in bed and is content for two hours but I know she really needs to be napping and not just relaxing so today I set out to wear her out as best I can at 32 weeks pregnant. We went to the zoo for an hour and she got out and walked quite a bit. Then we went to the Villagio and she walked up and down the mall. It was obvious she was getting exhausted as we made our way back to the car. The result? No nap. (I think the culprit was a poop that decided to come during nap-time.)

My next attempt will be to try a different nap time. She has always gone down at 1 PM. The days she falls asleep it has been close to 2:45 before she tires of reciting books and singing to herself. I've tried times between 12:30 and 1 and get the same results. I might try to get closer to noon for a week and see what happens with that. If that doesn't go, I might try to get closer to 2. It's all mildly frustrating (not totally because, like I said, at least she's content by herself in her room for two hours!) because I really was counting on this nap to still be in place when Baby Girl arrives!

I'll also be really interested to see if moving away from the busy street helps with her morning wake-up time (she used to sleep until 8 AM and now I'm hearing her as early as 6:30 although I don't go in until between 7-7:30 depending on how long she's been talking).