battle of the naps.

Over the last several weeks, Katherine's naps have become more and more difficult to plan around. She often wants to down for her morning nap right after breakfast, then will be very tired in the afternoon, but will talk, play, and cry in her crib for over an hour before falling asleep. Yesterday was a bit of a turning point for Mommy-- during Katherine's afternoon nap, she spent more than 2 hours alternating between talking, crying, and almost falling asleep before Mommy gave up and took her for a walk (which she fell asleep on in less than 5 minutes).

We spend most of our days scheduling everything we do around Katherine's sleep schedule, as a well rested baby makes for a happy baby. This has been particularly challenging on Sunday mornings, as Katherine's nap schedule interrupts almost every available Mass-- although we're now experts on almost every available Mass time in the Pittsburgh area as we've gone to a different church almost every week).

Today, Mommy made the decision to cut out Katherine's second nap. I pushed her to stay up until after the 8am Mass, and we played until almost 11. She then took one long nap, and had a great time playing with her cousins at Alex's birthday party:

She was pretty tired this afternoon, and repeatedly asked to "go night night," but she remained happy until her 7:30 bedtime, and will hopefully sleep well tonight. :-)

This weekend Daddy's been enjoying some camping in Michigan with some friends. Mommy and Katherine have sure been missing him, and can't wait to see him tomorrow! Mommy has loved all the extra-special Katherine time, and sure appreciates all the extra help from Grambie and Grandpop, but I'm quite exhausted and ready to catch some extra sleep myself!