is it a sign?

it seemed to matt and i that isaiah was done with naps. he was having a hard time falling asleep in the afternoon, and crying a lot at night. he's a great sleeper -- he'll go 2 and half, 3 hours for a nap during the day. if i can time it right, and get both kids down at the same time, i'm made in the shade. i wasn't complaining. but after about 3 nights of having a hard time going to bed, and with much saddness, we thought we'd give up the naps.

monday was hard. he was cranky and whiney and i was seriously doubting our decision. then i remembered back to when he was about 15 months old and the transition from 2 naps to 1. i remember friends telling me that he would be cranky for about a week and then he'd figure it out and be fine. i remembered giving it a try and sure enough he had figured it out in about a week. so on tuesday, with renewed resolve, we skipped the nap again.

now, i'm used to having some quiet time in the middle of the day...that is precious time for a mother of two. so today, day three of no naptime, i started to get a bit cranky and whiney. 'i want my naptime. i miss my naptime' i whined to matt (who is home studying today). as soon as alaythia went to sleep i decided to institute quiet time for isaiah.

'you play quietly in the playroom while mommy does other things. i'm not going to play with you, this is your time to be quiet, do whatever you want to do, but you have to do it alone.' i knew it was going to take some explaining and figuring out. the first several calls for me i was understanding, patient. but time 4 and 5 i was starting to get a tad frustrated.

'is it time to get up mommy?' no answer because i'm upstairs and shouting a response will wake alaythia. 'is it time to get up mommy? is it time to get up mommy?' no joke, it's a broken record. matt decides to step in and tells him that we'll tell him when he can be done playing. and if he can be quiet he'll get to watch a movie, the ultimate reward.

two minutes go by, 'is it time to get up daddy? is it time to get up daddy? is it time to get up daddy.' i walk down stairs and explain one more time.

2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes.... no isaiah calling. i walk downstairs and this is what i find: