On a detached level, it’s interesting to see how quickly the paranoia comes back.

Allie skipped her second (afternoon) nap twice in the last 3 days. She was in her crib on time, but instead of napping, it became a quiet playtime. She ran laps, played peek-a-boo by herself with her blanket, pulled off her sock and threw it over the crib railing to watch it drop, tried to drop her blanket over the crib rail as well, tugged at the bumper ties, figured out how to undo the velcro straps on the crib rail protectors, practiced half-somersaults (rolling out sideways instead of turning all the way over vertically). Both missed naps, she was in there for 1.5 hours goofing off, and I went and got her at 3p. The evening of the first missed nap, I started her bedtime routine an hour earlier than normal, she conked out nursing, woke up at the crib transfer and protested, but then went right back to sleep. The second time last night, I tried again to put her to bed an hour earlier, and she again fell asleep nursing (which she normally doesn’t do anymore) at about 6p, but after she awoke at the crib transfer, she stayed awake until almost 8p. 🙁

So I’m immediately googling how much sleep a 13-month-old baby needs. Looks like it’s still 13-15 hours, so with the missed nap yesterday and the early rise times (Allie has beaten me waking up every morning for the past few days, so I don’t know when she’s up, but it’s before 6am), I think she’s getting more like 12. It could be she’s at that awkward transition period where 2 naps are too much but 1 is not enough, but I wasn’t expecting this to happen until she’s closer to 15 months old. Plus, the morning nap is supposed to be the one to go next, not the afternoon nap.

If she keeps missing her afternoon nap, I think we’re just going to have to do away with it and slowly move her morning nap back to be more of a noon nap.

I’m hoping this isn’t a sign that she’s sick; a few days ago, we were at Pretend City and Allie was playing with her back turned to me at the toddler area, and suddenly I realized with horror that the green object in her hands isn’t a toy, it’s some random sippy cup left behind by an unaware parent. Before I could get to her, it was in her mouth and I heard the “suck suck” sound as I was leaping over the low wall and flying over foam toys and telling her, “Noooo!” Gross!!! The only other parent there, a dad with 2 toddlers, said it wasn’t his sippy. If Allie gets sick from the foreign stuff introduced straight into her mouth, oh well. She’s only been sick once so far, so maybe she’s due. She doesn’t have any symptoms of discomfort though; even with the missed naps she’s happy and playful and goofy as usual. Me, on the other hand, I’m a nervous wreck. =P