Hallelujah!

There were a couple of months where Rose didn't nap.  She'd have the odd one every few days or so, but nothing consistent.  Every day I'd put her in her bed and cross my fingers.  Most days she'd be talking away and eventually yelling to get out of her room.  I figured she was going the way of Paige.  But if my memory served me correctly, when Paige started to drop naps she was quite pleasant the rest of the day.  When Rose was dropping naps she was tired, tantrumy and disastrous.  When we went to St. Albert, Rose had 3 naps out of 10 days. With the time change, long flight, busy days, it definitely wasn't enough.  As a result she was cranky and not very sociable.  A couple of weeks after our Edmonton return we went to the cottage.  It was the first time at the cottage that Rose moved from the small playpen to the other twin bed in the girls' room.  For the 3 days we were there she had a nap everyday! You might think it was from the fresh air and activity, but the previous trip there she didn't nap at all.  I wondered if it was the combo of bed PLUS dark black curtains.  At home Rose's room was pretty light at bedtime.  After returning from the cottage we put a dark blue sheet on her window at nap time and she slept.  She never looked back.   Naps every day ever since labour day weekend!!