Zzzzzzz

crashed out before i could even get him to a bed!

this is before i realized that he was still going to take a nap. here he was in to middle of playing with his new school shoes when he just zonked out mid-play.

Drew is 3 years and 8 months old. I'm pretty sure most kids this age, that go to bed at 7:30, do not take a nap anymore. However, Drew is one tired cookie. Over the summer we tired skipping his nap sometimes and I thought that he'd give it up altogether any day. However, now that school has started we are back to napping every single day. I think he's tired from waking up so early to get Lily to school and because it's exhausting for him at preschool.

The naps don't always come easily. But, not because he's not tired. I lay down with him because I feel like I can get him to calm down and go to sleep much quicker than if I let him come out of his room 10000 times before he dropped from pure exhaustion. Anyway, they don't come easily. He goes down kick and screaming, literally. But it's short lived. Within minutes of laying down with him he's conked out for at least an hour.

As far as I'm concerned, he can nap all he wants until kindergarten. As long as he's still going to sleep every night by 8 PM, I don't see why he can't have a rest time in the middle of the day. However, this is uncharted territory- Lily dropped her naps before she was even three years old.