Naps and things

Well I started writing today's blog post earlier, and it was going in a completely separate direction from where I intend to take it currently, but hey, that's the joy of writing...you can start out with one thing in mind, and end up somewhere totally different. I'll still get to the other post I was writing, but for now, I feel the need to address nap time for my son (you'll see why shortly).

Simply put; my son doesn't like to take naps when he's home with me. I send him to daycare twice a week for the socialization and educational benefit (as well as my mental health. Lol), and he has no problem napping there, but it seems that he thinks he's going to miss something if he naps at home. Sometimes he'll end up napping, but it's at the most inconvenient time possible; right around dinner. Obviously this is unacceptable, because who wants to be up until 0200 with a toddler who's fully rested and ready to go? Not this momma, that's for sure. So because of that, he often doesn't nap at all, and just winds up going to sleep around 20-2100. Not too big of a deal, sure, but it makes getting things done around the house very difficult, and makes him extremely tough to deal with toward the end of the day (hello Mister Crankypants).

Now, during the day, munchkin loves watching PBS, and in the late afternoon, switches over to Sprout (I keep this stuff on in the background, even when we're playing together, reading, etc., because he seems to require some extent of background noise, like his mommy). If you're not familiar with Sprout, it's a pretty awesome channel, and at 1800 they switch to The Goodnight Show, where the little 15-minute episodes they air are much more quiet and subdued than they are earlier in the day (things like Pajanimals instead of Fireman Sam), and every time we watch, I see a little blip on the bottom of the screen saying something about going to Sprout On Demand (Comcast) if your little one is feeling sleepy, and playing something called The Snooze-a-thon. Being the ADD mom I am, I always forget to check this out, but today I was desperate to get him to at least settle down for a while, and finally remembered this gem. Well holy crap, wouldn't you know it, but that thing actually worked! Ha! 20 minutes into it, munchkin was whispering, his eyes heavy, little head starting to droop, and then finally, just as I was sure the show was going to end, and he'd be up running around again, he put his head down and conked out.

I was relieved. I was overjoyed. I wanted to find the geniuses at Sprout who put this 30 minute sleepy montage together and kiss them. My son never sleeps, and suddenly, I think I may have found my answer.