Hey friends! I hope you all had a great weekend, and that you don't have a "case of the Monday's" today! (I LOVE that movie!) Grandma Donna came out to visit us this weekend, and we had fun cruisin' around getting things ready for summer! Grandma D bought Elli a sweet little swing to put in the backyard, and we found a baby pool that we're going to set up this afternoon as well. Of course, when we started looking at pools, Chris decided that he & I might need one too...and so, we now have a "parent's pool" that will be set up next to the baby one :) We also did a major overhaul of our front flower beds. Whew! After multiple trips to Lowe's, at least 5 hours in the hot Mississippi sun, and a few run-in's with some furry hole-digging creatures, I've decided that I'm not a big fan of gardening. But alas, I'm so happy with the end result that I just might have to try to keep it up :)
Possibly my favorite thing about this weekend was our visit to a new church on Sunday. Though we were relatively happy with our old church, we just felt that it didn't quite "fit" us the way we longed for it to. We loved the nursery, and were happy with the pastor; however, the music was a bone of contention each and every Sunday. And when, on Easter, the band opened with a U2 song...well, we just felt that we needed to find another church home. So, we opted for the First United Methodist Church downtown. We chose to visit because in my search of Bible Study materials for our upcoming women's study, I called FUMC hoping that they might have a Beth Moore study on hand that we could rent. An associate pastor called me back, and without even asking where (or if) I went to church, not only gave me an inventory of the available studies, but also agreed to box up the one that I chose! In the box was 6 DVD's, the leader kit, and enough workbooks for all of the women who will be attending our study...they won't have to buy a single thing! What a blessing! Anyway, we were very impressed with the Sunday service, really liked the nursery, and felt extremely comfortable in the church. If you'd like to pray for us this week as we make our decision about whether or not to make it our church home, we'd definitely appreciate it!
I do have a parenting question for all you mommies out there!! When did you cut out your babies first nap? I'm thinking it's about time to go to 2 naps a day instead of 3, but I'm not quite sure. Elli, like I've said before, REALLY likes her sleep...but 3 really long naps a day seems excessive for 7 months old. I'd love to hear your feedback, and always welcome any tips you might have that could make the transition a little bit easier.
Happy Monday!!
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We go to the FUMC church here in Arlington and feel very much at home. I'm not a huge fan of big band churches - call me a traditionalist, but whatever! Good luck, I hope you have found a new church home!
If I remember correctly, I cut Sawyer's naps about this time....but, he was taking a good morning nap, an afternoon nap and a "disco nap" when between daycare and coming home...we just moved the afternoon nap a little later to absorb that catnap one, but he kept the morning one for awhile. It's hard! Sawyer hated to sleep at night, but the kid loved (and still loves) his naps. What can I say, I love them, too! Good luck with that one, too!
We had Emily at two naps at about 7-8 months. Than at one year, she went to one really long nap at day (11:30-2:00 or 2:30). You can always do it gradually. She will probably do a lot better with it than you think. Emily was always a great sleeper too. I would love to see pictures of your new updated front yard.
Glad that you found a potential church to attend. I don't know if you knew, but I am 25 days away from recieving a Masters of Divinity from a Methodist Seminary and will be ordained in the Methodist Church so if you have any questions shoot them my way. The church I attend is a little off the beaten path and we actually have an entire Sunday that is devoted to U2. We do it on World Communion Day in October and have a liturgy that goes along with the songs and we talk about hunger, poverty, and homelessness and take an offering for the ONE campaign.
From a nanny perspective (which is the only one that I can offer) about now is a good time to transition down to two naps. Move up her morning nap gradually and most kids that i've nannied take the morning nap around 9 for about an hour or and an afternoon one around 2 for a little longer. Most kids then go down again around 7-8 and sleep till about 7
I just cut it out of Rory's about a month ago - so around 7 months old. She just didn't want to go down for the last one so it told me she was giving it up. Elli is so adorable!
I have nothing on the mommy front for naps but I did read everyone's input b/c I will need it before I know it.
We had a similar situation happen to us at a church. Jeff really wanted this church to work b/c several people fro work attend. Well, they opened worship one day with a song from Green Day, I think. It was odd and found it beyond weird. I hope churches aren't moving in this direction. I understand where you are coming from and hope this new church is what you are looking for.
If she is going to bed at a reasonable time at night, I wouldn't mess with a good thing. Elle went to 2 naps at 9mos and didn't move to one until she was 18mos old. I hear this happens more frequently with first children who don't go to daycare. Haha! However, Keira moved to two naps around 6mos and one nap at one year. But there is no reason to cut naps if she's sleeping well at night. You may end up with a cranky baby. And every time they are sleeping their synapses are firing. The norm for that age is a huge range, too. I remember that from being concerned Elle was sleeping too much.
Y'all are awesome!! Thanks for all of the comments, I can definitely use all the help that I can get :) Candie, I did know that you're graduating soon, I'm so proud of you! That is awesome!
As far as the napping goes, I'll take all of your advice to heart. We tried 2 naps today, and I just don't think I planned it out very well...we ended up with 4 really short ones! Heehee! Tomorrow is a new day though, and I'll definitely let all of you know how it goes :) Thanks again!
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