Friday, March 21, 2008

poopersaucer and naptime.

First, my apologies to those without children - that section of the population that doesn't discuss bodily functions as though it is as proper of a discussion topic as the weather. But there is a phenomenon in our house worth noting - the exersaucer and its effects on Charlotte's pooping habits. Without fail, I can put her in the saucer and she'll poop. I don't put her in at a given time of the day, I don't even put her in every day. It is amazing. Within a couple of minutes, out comes a poop. Quite convenient for those times I'm about to go out of the house with her for awhile and don't feel like carrying loads of diapers - just in case.

Yesterday, Elisabeth took a nap. She had heard me tell 3 different people in the previous 24 hrs that we were putting Elisabeth to bed an hour earlier than before because she didn't nap anymore. All of these people said something along the lines of "oh, that's too bad that she doesn't nap anymore. Our child goes to bed about an hour later, they get more time to play." So, yesterday, Elisabeth decreed that she now takes naps again. She climbed onto the couch with Mickey and Minnie and snored (purposely). So I told her that taking a nap means that you actually have to sleep and sleeping is a quiet activity. Three minutes later, the kid was zonked out. She slept for 45 minutes. I'm not sure this is a good plan though because then she didn't want to go to sleep until almost 9pm (usual bedtime is 7:30). And then she woke up at 6am (normal wakeup 7am) and came into our room. So I might discourage the naps. It seems that with a nap we have more Elisabeth awake time.

We're off for Easter weekend now. We have practiced our egg hunting. We've discussed our egg dying strategies. We're honed Easter machines at this point.

1 comment:

Claire said...

I hear you on the poop talk. Its remarkable what will become a normal topic of conversation when you have kids. Potty training brought that to a new high (or low?) in our house.