Last night I had a fighter. Blake was just too overtired and I was trying to get him to take a nap at about 6:00 p.m. He had a good one that morning but had been fighting a nap all afternoon. He took a cat nap while I put the jumperoo together but nothing of a significant, put the baby in a good mood nature. He usually takes a little nap around 6:00 p.m. for a bit of a break. Last night he fought that nap til a good 7:30 p.m. He fought every trick I had and came back with a better trick of his own. Finally, after a long drawn out battle in the time to take a nap ring, I finally got him down.
Now at this point I was hoping he would just take a nice 30 minute cat nap because I knew he was not down for the night. I know this boy, and he may go down with a fight, but he will bounce right back up. He usually is down for the night at around 9:30. I have tried to get him down earlier, but it just ends up being a struggle, where if I just start around 9:00, it works out so much better. But last night, he didn't wake up from his nap until about 8:45, and the minute he woke up, he was still fussy, which I guess worked in my favor a bit because I knew he was still tired. I was just hoping that I didn't have to go through that whole fight all over again. All I could think about when he woke up was "Round 2. Ding, ding, ding."
It turns out that he did just nurse and pretty much go right back to sleep, though he woke a lot earlier than usual this morning, but that's fine by me so long as he got a good night of sleep.
