All Tuckered Out!

Naptimes haven't exactly been going so smoothly over here at the Hataway household. Alliebug has decided that she no longer needs naps. I have had to rock her to sleep, or lay beside her to get her to go to sleep. If I put her in her bed she would scream her head off until I came to get her. I thought I was being extremely smart by letting Allie play in her bed during the day after she started protesting naps so vehemently. I thought that she would fall in love with her bed and love naptime once again. Well, she did fall in love with her bed. She asks to get in there all of the time with her two babies. However, she started doing even worse with naptime. So, I have a new approach that seems to be working!

1.Skip morning nap

2. Let her get so exhausted that she can't do anything but fall over and go to sleep

3. Walk in her room and turn on fan at about 1:00

4. Put Allie in bed with two babies (those are now an absolute must) and a juice cup

5. Walk out

So far so good!! This results in a 2 1/2 hour nap and gives me a nice little break! She cries for about two minutes and then I find her conked out. She still does fabulous at night, it is just the stinkin naptime that gives me a problem. Once I get naptimes straight again, it is on t0 the potty training phase, so please feel free to pray for me anytime you would like!

We are Alive and Well
To all of you who have wondered wether we have been swept away by a tidal wave, or perhaps carried off by a huge tornado, you will be happy to know that we are still here in our little home, very happy and very much ok! Sorry it has taken me so long to blog. I wish I could say that my life is now slowing down and so I will be able to blog more, but I am afraid things come up all of the time to hinder my blogging habits. I will solemnly swear to TRY to do better from now on! Allie is truly a toddler and no longer a baby anymore. Now when I ask her something, I am met with a definite shake of the head no or yes. Yesterday I asked her if she wanted chicken, and she shook her head no and said cookie. She loves her babies, and she is still obsessed with Winnie the Pooh and Elmo. If you haven't seen her in a few months, she has certainly changed a lot. She makes just about any animal noise that you can think of. She know where pretty much all of her body parts are. She says at least a dozen words very well, and she says things like, "All done, down" when she is done with eating. She is my little precious and she changes every day!!! Here is a video for you enjoyment. Sorry for the very amatuer style, but it was early and I was still very tired! I will try to catch you up on our everyday lives around here more often.

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