Luke still needs his naps. Some days he goes right down and will sleep for 3.5 hours and wake up all on his own. Other days he plays for an hour and then sleeps for 2 hours and wakes up on his own. Then there are other days where whether or not Luke falls asleep right away or he plays for a while first, he just doesn’t want to wake up. I’ve learned in the last 3 years that if he doesn’t wake up “happy” he will stay in a bad mood the rest of the day. But, I have a firm rule that at 5:30pm if he isn’t up…he needs to get up.
In order to make sure he wakes up “happy”, I always open his door, turn on the hall and closet light and then just keep making noise throughout the house. Eventually Luke usually wakes himself up and starts kicking and laughing. That is the sign it is ok to get him up.
Well the last couple weeks this routine has been interrupted by Luke’s little sister. She has caught on quickly to the whole “wake up routine”, and she has decided to help. I’m sure you can imagine what I am about to tell you.
When I have to “wake up” Luke from his naps, I do what I normally do; open the door turn on the closet light….and then I leave. Well, little sister has decided that isn’t enough. Once I leave the room, she may not wait or she may wait about 5 minutes and then she crawls into her brother’s room, stands up at the crib rails, and proceeds to say “dada AAHH….dada…baba…lala..” and so on. It almost sounds like a song sometimes. She has done this at least four times now, and I think Luke is starting to get used to it.
When she first did this, I laughed so hard. Then I heard Luke start screaming…he didn’t like his “serenade” by his little sister, he just wanted to be left alone. The poor guy. That little sister is just so mean!!
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