Napping!

I honestly never thought I would say this but Riley is settling into her nap routine! We had a rough go of it and I have always been a little envious of babies that are good nappers. For a while there, she was only sleeping 30 mins each nap cycle (3 naps/day) and was cranky! I think that is stressful even when you don't have a part-time job. She would inevitably wake up during a conference call or such!!!

The past week or so, she has started to sleep longer and may even wake up and cry a little during the nap but put herself back to sleep. I have also eliminated the paci during naps and she sucks on her fingers most of the time to soothe herself back to sleep. We are still on three naps but if she takes a long one during the day I eliminate the third nap! She has been sleeping for 1 to 1.5 hrs each nap! The past two Sundays, she has taken 2.5 hr naps and it is a little piece of Heaven (since I don't let myself work on the weekends).

Speaking of a little piece of Heaven, I was on a walk with Ben and told him that Riley napping long was a "little piece of Heaven". Ben, with his endless stream of questions, said "Really Lauren??" To which I replied with a resounding, "YES"! He thought I was being sarcastic but it really is a little piece of Heaven on earth when your babe is sleeping soundly and you can get work done around the house, work done to earn money, or have a little me time (which I am currently working on doing this more)!

So for all of you out there would told me, "this too shall pass". I think it is finally happening and we are nearing the tunnel of better naps! Now I wonder what tomorrow will hold for us?