Naptime Bootcamp

The day I have long feared, has arrived.  Emily's days of napping in her swing are pretty much non-existent.  When we put her in her swing, she immediately begins trying to escape.  She sits up and hangs over the edge.  Even though she's strapped in, I'm so scared she's going to fall out of it.  So, I've decided it was time to start operation "nap in her crib."  So far, it's gone better than I thought.  Today is the third day that she's taken a nap in her crib.  Now she does scream her head off for about 10 or 15 minutes when you first put her down, but she does eventually fall asleep and has slept anywhere from 1-2 hours.  I call that a HUGE success.  We still don't really have a "nap schedule" as I'm still trying to figure out what the best times are for her naps.  She really needs 2 naps still, but I know school is trying to get her down to 1 which is where my dilemma comes from.  But at least she's in her crib and that's all that matters.  We've also moved up her bedtime from 8:00 to 7:30.  She just seems so tired at night and it's been really hard to keep her up until 8:00 without her becoming super fussy.  I'm hoping this will help things as well. Here are a few pictures of her trying to escape from her swing.