First things, first: Bailey's dropped her morning nap! Last Thursday (Mommy's first day off work) we dropped it cold-turkey and she seems to be adjusting well. There were, of course, fits of whining those first few mornings, but we saved up errands that needed to be ran, added a morning snack, and just kept her moving!
Now that she's going five hours between wake-up and nap time, I know it's unreasonable to expect her to be content to just stay around the house all morning. We'd both go crazy trying to stay entertained for that long. So today, we packed up and headed to Parque de la Salud, a "local" park (2.5 miles away) to spend our morning there.
One great thing about the walk to the park is that it takes us right past Daddy's school. And, since Daddy's in the middle of finals (and elective teachers don't give finals during finals week), we were able to stop by, say hi, refill our water bottles and get a dose of AC before finishing the walk to the park.
Once at the park, it was snack time! Peach slices, raisins and a few crackers later, Bailey was ready to play.
Oddly enough, she was anti-slide at the park today. I'm not quite sure what that was all about, but after I coaxed her up the steps and down the slide once, she stated "no" firmly each time I asked her about going down the slide again.
Before making the walk home, we stopped by school again for lunch with Daddy and more water! By this time, it was nearly 1:00 - her new nap time - and she started dozing off about halfway back to the house. Before falling asleep though, she starting pointing and saying "shoe, shoe." I wasn't quite sure what that was all about, but I answered "yes, Bailey, you have your shoes." "SHOE! SHOE!" she yelled louder, pointing and waving her arm, squirming in her stroller. I glanced down at her feel and realized that one of them was missing! (And for Bailey, the loss of a shoe would be tragic, especially one of her crocs). Thankfully it was on the sidewalk half a block back down the road; Bailey began giggling as soon as she located it on the ground. Once the shoe was securely back on her foot, she relaxed enough to fall asleep despite the uneven sidewalks and cobble-stone streets.
By the way, anyone else wonder why a trip to the park that started at 9 and ended at 1 only got Bailey 45 minutes of actual play time at the park?! Oh well, it's the journey, not the destination, right?!
After posting a blog about our tiny little park down the street I decided to catch up on my blog reading. I guess great minds think alike. Except we didn't walk over two miles to get there :)
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