Malachi now officially has 9 teeth (3 of them being molars). The last time I talked about his teeth he had just gotten his first molar. Now that molar is getting much bigger and has been joined by one molar up top and the other one on the bottom. It is strange. He had two teeth on the bottom and now two molars added to it. He skipped like three or four teeth on either side. I just don't get it. He skipped spots up top, too. I'm assuming that he will eventually get the other teeth that go in between. He doesn't seem to mind, so why should I?
When did your child switch from two naps a day to one? Malachi seems ready to switch, especially since he sleeps 11-12 hours at night. I heard that most toddlers won't switch until close to 18 months. I'm not sure what to do. He is laying in his bed right now playing and making noises but was fussy and whining while playing earlier. Is the transition usually somewhat difficult? Does it happen overnight? I don't know what to do, especially since I'm not with him during the day, 5 days a week.
Secondly, I put the bumpers back on his bed. I just took them off about 2 weeks ago. You see he sleeps with a pacifier still. He doesn't need the pacifier any other time except nap/bedtime. Thank goodness! When I took the bumpers off he would start losing his pacifier in the middle of the night. It would end up on the floor. He sleeps really heavily until about 5am. At that time he needs a pacifier to get himself back to sleep. I have had to go back in there and find a clear pacifier in the dark with sleep still in my eyes several mornings in order to get some rest from his whining; plus he has gotten his legs stuck in between the bars on the crib recently. He moves so much while he's sleeping. I wonder if he'll ever be ready for a toddler bed. That is the least of my concerns, though. I digress. The bumpers went back up two nights ago. I have barely heard a peep out of him for the past two nights. His pacifier hasn't ended up on the floor, and I no longer worry about legs or heads being thrust into those hard bars. I know most infant's bumpers are long gone, but I guess I just need to continue to do what is best for my and Malachi's sleeping habits. Everyone knows that my sleep will be sporadic come the end of February.
Speaking of the other little bundle of boy. He is extremely active! It is so strange. I didn't feel Malachi move until about 20 weeks. Now I am 21 weeks and can feel him moving a ton. Do I notice it all the time? No, but I definitely notice it much more often than even 2 weeks ago. Daniel can even catch some movement occasionally if he is close enough to feel it. My belly button is already sticking out like a third nipple, waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy earlier than my first pregnancy. I go back for my next appointment at the beginning of November. I'm still on the appointments that I get to pee in a cup, check my weight and blood pressure, and then check the baby's heartbeat. Short, sweet, and to the point. I like it that way. Everything is going smoothly thus far.
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We didn't start Callie on one nap until after we moved to Florida. So she was about 19 mos. We could have started her on one nap earlier but we were still in Albuquerque at the time and I didn't want to mess with it since we'd have the moving issue coming up soon.
I chose 1:00 as her naptime and just inched my way towards that goal. I wanted her to nap AFTER lunch, so I really had to distract her and work with her to get through her usual morning naptime without going to sleep. And the first week or so, we had lunch at about 11 because she was just so tired. I think I started putting her down for the afternoon around 11:30 to begin with, and slowly worked my way to 1:00. We just ate lunch a little later each day and then she went down for a nap. Finally we got to her taking a nap at 1pm. We also put her to bed a litle earlier too, because she was getting used to only taking one nap. As she got used to the one nap a day routine, we moved her bedtime later and later, to where it is now.
Whew! This is a long comment. :) But you'll figure out what will work for Malachi. He may just need a resting time in the morning, not necessarily a nap. The key is to be consistent, which I know YOU would be, but his caregivers have to be consistent too. It really does make a difference if everyone is doing the same thing at the same time with him everyday. He'll know what to expect and that one nap a day routine will fall into place.
PS--We'll move Avery to one nap sooner than we did with Callie. It all depends on the kid!
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