Sleeping

We have pretty much dropped Kale's second nap unless there is a day where he absolutely needs it. There have been some in the last month because of teething. However, this kid has been taking one awesome nap. It normally lasts about 2-21/2 hours!! It is a good time for me to get some things done! Like cleaning my house!! However, for the past week Kale has NOT wanted to go to bed. We got off schedule a little bit at the end of last week and put him to bed a little late. I am not a crazy freak on schedules. I believe that if your child is hungry they should be able to eat. If your child is sleepy they should be able to take a nap when they want to. I am not very into babywise but it works for some moms so that's cool! However, I do have a strict bed time that Kale follows. Every night he is down at eight! I like this because when Kale starts school I wont have to worry about getting him used to a bed time! He will have always had one! My brother-n-law always freaks out because he thinks its so early...but I don't. Jayden just kind of chooses her own bed time and that is great and it works for them but that is not how it works in the Metty household! Kale will have a bed time until he turns a certain age! I think it is very important to put your kids down at a decent time especially once they start school. I am going to school to be a teacher and in practicum I would see kids falling asleep while doing their work because they were so tired! Don't want that to be Kale and at that age they tell on their parents. You ask did you go to bed early? NO mom does not make me go to bed! Then you have kids who act out because they are tired. I just am a firm believer in bed times! Well last week after Kale's dr. appt. he took a forever long nap. I should have woke him up but I just let him sleep. He didn't wake up till 5 ish and I was not going to put him back to bed at eight. So I let him stay up until nine. Well the next night Ryan let him stay up and then my mom came into town and he stayed up...so the past few days he has screamed when we try to lay him down at eight. I HATE hearing my child scream/cry. It is the most horrible thing for a mother...or at least this mother...It rips my heart out! Ryan will always tell me just let him for a little longer...and I will but I have to go somewhere where I can't hear him crying :( I hope we can fix this bed time thing...but I don't see it getting much better especially when we go to the beach in 8 days and then ryan's parents come into town :( Hopefully I can get him back into the swing of things really soon!