Naps: Melissa & Doug

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Goodbye Naps, I Will Miss You Greatly

It's been coming for some time now. The 3.5 yo is done taking mid-day naps. I A. in mourning. Now what do I do? I've always used that time for work (as in uninterrupted time). I hate to just plug him in. We still have to stay home b/c the 18 mo is napping. Putting the older boy in his room for "quiet time" isn't effective, as his version of quiet is much louder than mine and it wakes up his brother whose room is next door. Setting him up with a craft always seems to require my help. What can he do by himself that is quiet and sustains his...

Afternoon Naps

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Goodbye Naps, I Will Miss You Greatly

It's been coming for some time now. The 3.5 yo is done taking mid-day naps. I A. in mourning. Now what do I do? I've always used that time for work (as in uninterrupted time). I hate to just plug him in. We still have to stay home b/c the 18 mo is napping. Putting the older boy in his room for "quiet time" isn't effective, as his version of quiet is much louder than mine and it wakes up his brother whose room is next door. Setting him up with a craft always seems to require my help. What can he do by himself that is quiet and sustains his...