Quiet Time vs Nap Time

Jaelyn has been such a good napper all of her life. I am so thankful for that! She must get her sleepin' genes from me! Anyway, it hasn't been until recently that her naps have started to push back her bed time. She can easily take a 2+ hour nap each afternoon but if she does that then bed time would begin around 8:30pm. And by the time she's done with "Something woke me up" or "my knee hurts" or "I need a drink of water" or "I need to go potty" it could be between 9-9:30 by the time she is sound asleep. That is too late of a bedtime for her...especially since I'm ready to hit the hay at 10pm! So we've started doing quiet time in her room. Each afternoon she eagerly goes up to her room to color or read books but eventually she winds up in her bed for a nap! Yesterday was hilarious because she was certain she didn't take a nap! When I woke her up, I asked her how her nap was and she said, I didn't sleep! She thought for certain that she didn't fall asleep. So today as we were walking up to her room she told me that she wasn't going to sleep during quiet time.....well, this picture says it all!


I guess she still needs a nap...but we've got to figure out a balance between getting a nap that doesn't push the bed time too late. It's all a work in progress!!