Saturday, June 11, 2011

Sleep Baby Sleep

My dear Weston has not been the best nap time sleeper .... He has taken just 2 one hour naps now for quite some time but I can tell he needs more sleep.  I thought I'd done all the tricks but he wasn't sleeping more than an hour each nap.  While on vacation something dawned on me ... yes, he's my 4th ... Weston was taking 2-3 hour naps .. oh, yay baby!  and he was happy when he woke up! WooHoo!  So, whats the difference?  He was physically challenged on vacation ... swimming, climbing, running, playing like crazy!  At home, West is content to play with cars, look through books, build blocks and just hang out but ... the big problem ... he's a boy.  Boys need to use their little bodies in big ways so they can rest well!  He has all this stored up energy and although his mind was ready to sleep, his body wouldn't let him!  I remember this now with Parker at this age, duh!  Now that were done with school I can focus more energy to tiring out Weston but even just 10 minutes on the trampoline a little before nap time and he's sleeping great!  Hopefully my "new" discovery will last ... we'll see!

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