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@looch: hmmm, we could try the play room. I just needs her to play quietly because DS still takes a long nap, and I don't want to have to monitor her because I need a break, too. We could try the play room today and see what happens!

Eta: I do try to give her access to toys during her quiet time that DS doesn't get to play with (beads, felt storyboards, her watercolors, etc...). So I do try to make her rest period fun/special.

@Dandelion: this is the only alternative I could think of. My only concern is that she still won't sit still through a whole movie. She gets up and runs around, jumps on the couches, etc... maybe if we tried a movie in her room on the Nook she would make it through the whole hour. I'll try that tomorrow!

@winniebee: I think we'll have to try the movie, too!

@looch: @Dandelion: @mrbee: @Andrea: another question: How long did it take before your LO started lengthening his/her nighttime sleep, aftefr dropping the afternoon nap? I thought DD would immediately start sleeping more at night, but it's been a week of no naps and she's still sleeping the same length at night. Should I hold out hope that her nighttime sleep will, eventually, lengthen?

@Mamaof2: we put her and DS to bed at the same time (7-7:30) but DD usually stays up and reads her books/talks to her animals until 8:30. So she is in bed for a full hour before she usually goes to sleep; she's just not falling asleep any sooner.

@Andrea: so she was already pretty well doing 12 hours at night, before dropping the nap? DD does about 10, so I thought we'd see an increase.