Thea Loves Naps

Our little Bean loves naps.  She love the blankies, of which she chooses between pink and white.  She loves the pillow.  She loves the animals, whether it be Floppy the Bunny, Puppy the Puppy, the other Puppy the Puppy, or Fish the Fish.  She love the kisses and the milk and the tickles before being put in the crib.  Yes, she loves everything about naps.  Except the nap.  She barely likes that part.

It's not that she doesn't nap; she does... most of the time.  It's just that she doesn't nap like her brother.  Who naps for glorious hour after glorious hour and sometimes even after another glorious hour.  If Bean gives us 75 minutes she should be given a letter of commendation.  This is not helpful to Mommy and Daddy, who want to nap for 90 minutes themselves.

That said, Thea is quite the cuddly napper, especially after the nap, when she insists on everything in her crib (see paragraph #1 above) leaving for the family room with her.  She then immediately demands that she see Mommy.  Which is how this happens:

Girl, 1, smothered by zoo. Story at 11.

That actually happened a few weeks ago, and we have since banned Puppy the Puppy, the other Puppy the Puppy, or Fish the Fish from Bean's crib.  After an extended period of terrible sleep, which led to an extended period of terrible sleep for her parents, Bean was told that all the animals may be causing difficulty for her by taking up too much room in the crib.  Like so much of parenting, we got completely lucky that that shot in the dark guess was causing bad sleep, and Thea has been slumbering better lately with just Floppy the Bunny.  As you can see:

These were the best 40 seconds ever