I have a 2 year old (3 in November) and a 7 month old.
I am STRUGGLING with my children’s sleep! I am not, and never have been or will be, someone who goes with the flow. I thrive on routine and order and organisation. I am trying my best to just see how things go each day but my anxiety is pretty bad at the moment knowing I have to do this. It’s not fair on both my children to be stuck at home everyday though and it needs to change.
My 2 year old still naps 1pm-2pm every day. My 7 month old is on a 2-3 nap day which means some days she naps, then my toddler naps, then she naps again. My baby sleeps fairly well at home but I’m struggling to manage doing anything in the day because it means getting her to nap out and about. She used to be really good at this, we always used to go out. She’d nap in the pram with the SnoozeShade, now she hates it but won’t easily sleep without it. She used to nap in the carrier, now she hates it as it’s too light outside and everything is too distracting. She will nap in the car but it takes a good drive to get her to go off to sleep. I feel stuck.
Today for example I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and went to my dad’s. Me and my eldest used to go to his all the time but I’ve been avoiding it recently because I don’t know where my youngest can nap. He only has one spare room which has blackout blinds and my toddler needs that for her nap. Because of this my youngest barely managed 20 mins in the carrier and then screamed herself to sleep in the pram later on in the day and only slept for 30 mins.
Mum’s of 2 who both nap still, what is your secret?! Any tips? Or is this just one of those things we all go through and it’ll get better in time?