The Big 2-to-1 Nap Transition

Everything had been going smoothly with R & L's morning and afternoon naps until the dreaded napping revolts began about a month ago. Ugh. They would either take a short morning snooze and spend the afternoon jabbering in their cribs, or the morning nap would be a complete bust (more jabbering or crying in the cribs) and they'd fall asleep in the stroller coming back from our morning activity. Naptime was becoming too stressful and unpredictable - it was definitely time to move them to one afternoon nap a day.

There are a few ways to transition and I chose the cold turkey method - dropping the morning nap and moving the afternoon nap a bit earlier. I was a little worried about the transition but things actually went pretty smoothly. We only had a few days where one or both babies practically fell asleep in their lunch (as Ryan demonstrates so well here). After a few weeks now, they seem used to the new schedule. With a longer stretch of time in the morning, we've joined the other parents and toddlers at the park at 8:30 a.m. I've learned that it's one long morning if you don't get out of the house...