Naptime Drama!

I am so over the nap time drama I go though with Riley everyday! For over the past month all I do is fight with her to take a nap! If she doesn't go to sleep fine (even though she needs that nap) but she needs to lay in there quietly! It never happens! Every since Riley was born she has always been a good sleeper at night and at nap sure there were days when she didn't nap and nights were it took her longer to fall asleep but the way nap time is now it's like a scene out of Super Nanny everyday!

Nap time has always been right after lunch 1pm. I turn on Enya for her (Use to be A Mother's Gift) and she would lay down and talk to her teddy bear until she fall asleep always with in 20 mins.

Now, after lunch when I tell her it's time for nap she starts the crying I don't want to take a nap. I tell her she doesn't have to nap but she needs to have quite time. She messes around in her bed, throws her stuffed animals all over, shrieks, kicks the wall, comes out of her room with the I have the potty, or some other excuses.

Nothing works when I tell her she needs to stop. Taking the stuff animals away result in her screaming like I'm killing her, and her talking back to me. I use to be able to get her too sleep by telling her if she napped we would go in the pool afterwards or play a game or something like that but that doesn't work anymore.

I do not like letting her read books because I believe she really needs to nap. If she didn't need a nap then she wouldn't be so cranky in the evening without one and when we go out later in the day she always falls asleep in the car. Hench she still NEEDS to nap. I don't think letting her read a book is going to help her fall asleep. But most days I give in after a while and let her read books.

Per other peoples suggestions today I put a movie on for her in the my bedroom. There are no little kids shows on during nap time right now because everything is Sponge Bob because of summer. Riley is not allowed to watch Sponge Bob I think that show is just awful and teaches children nothing besides how to act stupid! Anyways since we don't have a DVR in the bedroom I put on a movie. I told her she has to lay there nicely on Mommies bed and watch the movie or it will get turned off and she will have to go in her room. My hope was she would fall asleep like she did the one day in the basement.

Well after a little while I hear the door open she drags the cat in there, then it's the potty bit and then she messing around on the floor. next time I see everything on my night stand messed up and the movie went off and she went in her room. There was another hour of fighting with her. Way didn't I give up and let her go play you ask. Well i will tell you because then she will think she can get a way with it! She then will think oh if I talk back to Mommy she will let me out, if I kick the wall enough I will be allowed out, if I shriek and scream loud enough I will be let out. After me going in there every few minutes telling her to stop that behavior and to lay in her bed quietly and yelling at her when she talked back she me or laughed at me or went ahead and did what she pleased as I'm standing right there she did finally fall asleep!

Tomorrow I'm going to try something different the movie thing is not happening so instead I thing I will give 10 mins to sit in her room and look at books. After that time then it will be time to get in bed and take a nap. Maybe that would help who knows but I'm so over this fighting everyday!

My G.I. Doctor says I need less stress yeah right I have a toddler!