Nap Time

Sam hasn't taken a nap in ages. She gave them up completely quite a while back. For some time afterward, we were doing "cozy time" where she would sit on the couch and read some books or watch a movie. But in recent months she's given that up as well.

She seemed a bit moody today. At one point late this afternoon, she was crying about nothing again. I wrapped my arms around her and said, "Sam, are you okay? You seem very tired today."

"I'm okay, mommy" she replied. "I'm just uh-sauce-sted."

If you've been to my house, you know that I've taught my daughter to go into her room and sit on her bed to calm down when she gets upset. She does this quite often. I leave her alone for a minute or two, then I go in and talk to her.

Today, after she hugged me, she walked very calmly to her bedroom and shut he door. I thought it was odd because she usually slams the door, and I thought she had already calmed down. But I let her have a couple minutes to herself.

Turns out, she really was exhausted.

I woke her up about 20 minutes later (it was too late for a real nap). She swatted my hand away and went back to sleep. I picked her up and sat in the chair with her. I asked her if she felt better and she said, "Mommy, I need you and Caius to go out of here so I can sleep."

"Honey, you need to be awake right now so that you can sleep tonight."

"I don't have to sleep tonight. I'll just stay up with you."

:/