We're supposed to go to my ILs at 1 and to my parents at 4 for Thanksgiving dinner. I don't know what to do about LO's nap. Would you skip all naps with a 14 month old? I don't know what to do...
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Could you do a morning nap along the lines of 2-3-4 around 9am depending upon wakeup time? For LO, it's easier to drop his afternoon nap and tire him out ahead of bedtime. I can't imagine my almost 15 month old without a nap at all during the day.
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How far apart do they live? will she sleep in the car?
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Mine will nap in the car when we are on the go. He may get a bit cranky with a short nap but we try to keep him entertained with snacks and toys.
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Can you bring a pack and play and put your baby to sleep at your ILs? That would have been prime napping time for my son, at his age, we would have skipped it, but I am annoying like that.
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@cascademom: I'd love to do the 9am morning nap, which would have been no problem a couple weeks ago, but he seems to be fighting/dropping to one nap which would fall right around dinner at 1. I can't get him to sleep in the morning anymore
@Mamaof2: It's only about a 20-30 minute car ride. By the time he'd fall asleep he'd be woken up again. He won't sleep once the car stops moving
@looch: I don't think he'd fall asleep there. He's pretty picky about his nap routine (he won't sleep with out dark/ his blankie/ white noise/ his crib). Plus my ILs house is very loud and chaotic.
Ugh... I'm so frustrated by this. I swear people who enjoy holidays are not those with young kids. Thankfully Christmas will be at our house this year!
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@Beyond2: I get it! I thought my son would NEVER fall asleep in the chaos that is my parent's house on Christmas Eve, but wouldn't you know it, when he was tired enough he slept.
I am not sure what your other option is, other than not attending?
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I know you said he'll nap in the car, but wake upon stopping. When he gets tired/cranky at the house you're at, can you put him down for a nap then? My LO is fairly flexible when it comes to naps so I just put him to sleep again when he's tired wherever we are.
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Can you try to put him down at 11? Thats what we will be doing, but she is 18m and used to one nap. She will sleep 11-1245, then we will hop in the car for my families Thanksgiving, then have another one at 4.
Good luck!
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@Beyond2: I'm likely in the minority here, but I don't mess with bedtime and naps. If an event conflicts with nap time, nap time wins every time.
If the families are so close, like ours are, I'd attend the late dinner & have dessert with the other family (the 1pm dinner) and still leve on time to get lo to bed.
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I would probably go to the 1:00 one early and put your LO down for a nap there (if they'll nap in a PnP or something like that) and just feed them early. But if that's not an option, I'd do what @Mrs. Jump Rope: said and do the nap at home and go to the 4:00 dinner (and dessert at the 1:00 if possible).
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I agree with @Mrs. Jump Rope. Holidays are not important enough to me. I would rather avoid being miserable with a cranky kid the next day.
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I would try to put him down there/nap in car/early nap.... I wouldn't skip Thanksgiving just for naps. It's only one day.
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This is exactly why we host Thanksgiving...despite everyone trying to tell me it'd be "easier" for us to travel, it's not easier at this point as our LO is very much in a one nap routine and naps best at home. Skipping a nap means an awful night later on for everyone, and then he is still trying to catch up on sleep the next day or so as he gets too overtired. If I were you, I'd see if you could visit your in-laws earlier in the morning, then come home for a nap, then go to your parents after LO wakes up.
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@littlecasita1122: I agree! We will be hosting our own Christmas this year for this reason. I don't want to do this anymore! Did your family have trouble with the change of tradition when you started hosting? Do you have any siblings or sibling in laws with kids too?
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I wouldn't skip Thanksgiving but I definitely wouldn't completely skip naps either. What is his typical schedule?
If he is on one nap, I would go to the in-laws early and put him down there. My son sleeps in a pnp in a large storage closet at my MIL's with white noise (old iPhone) and his lovey. It's a super dark room and he has never had trouble sleeping in there.
If he is on 2 naps I would nap him at home in the morning and try for a car nap in the afternoon depending on how far you have to drive. Or try napping him at your parents' place.
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@Beyond2: My husband's family still give us issues about us hosting Thanksgiving and we've been hosting for three years now. Mostly complaints from his grandparents and aunt and uncle that they don't want to travel (we live a little over 1 hour away). Last year they tried to convince us to come down because LO was 4 months old and hosting would be "too much" for me. We said if they want to see us and LO, then they are welcome to come to our house for dinner, we won't be traveling. Same story AGAIN this year. It stinks we had to put our foot down, but we do travel for Christmas Eve and Christmas to see both sides of the family and it's an exhausting 48 hours for us. My husband is an only child so maybe that has something to do with it? Who knows! Holidays are stressful because of this and I hate it!
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