Saying Farewell To My Mid-Day Break

While I was at the Scentsy Convention, my husband decided to not have Ashby nap.  At all.  As in not once during the 4 days that I was gone.  And then when I came home we were out of town for my nephew's birthday party, so that was another 2 days without naps.

6 days without naps for my baby girl.

So what do you think happened yesterday when I tried to get Ashby Grace to nap?

You guessed it.  She wasn't having it.  Wanted nothing to do with a nap & wanted to play in her room/play room like she had been doing for the past week.

So just like that, naps are done.

Gone are the days of my nice 2-hour break in the early afternoon.

Gone are the days of quiet time where I can get work done.

Now?  I'm a referee trying to get the girls to get along, play quietly (or better yet, by themselves) upstairs while I try & get some work done.

It hasn't been the most productive two days, but I'm hoping praying as the newness of no naps fade, we will all get back into a nice routine.  2 hours of quiet time, where mama can actually be productive.  Fingers, toes & everything else crossed that eventually happens.

One positive?  She goes down without a peep at 7:00 pm, versus the 8:30 pm bedtime she had when she was taking a nap. And then there was usually another 1/2 of fussing & calling our names until she finally fell asleep. I do appreciate the easy bed time routine now.

But I'm still sad to see nap time go away.  Forever.  As in, never again.

It's a very sad end to an {nap} era.

It's a good thing she is so freaking cute! :)