Niko stopped taking naps in November of 2019, right when I started my MBA at Western Governors University. Yeah great timing.
Well, a few days ago, he woke up super early. It was so early that my work alarm for 7 am hadn’t even gone off yet. I was able to make his breakfast and still had a few minutes before I had to start work. So, I started to tell him a nap would be very beneficial to him and if he did indeed nap later on that day, I would buy him something from his Amazon wish list.
After we ate lunch, I made him nice and comfortable in our bed. I had it dark, I had music playing from his iPad, and I had his noise machine on (we have a monitor so I was able to leave it in his bedroom, but he could hear it on the monitor). I told him to relax and shut your eyes. His reply to me was, dad get out of the bedroom, your laptop light and clicks are bothering me!
So, I obliged and went to the loft. Every few minutes he would talk to me, dad, am I doing a good job? My reply was no, because you’re talking not sleeping! He never did nap out, but he did relax and he did the same the next day. And, yes, I got him a lego set from his wish list. Afterwards, he did seem a lot more refreshed. That lego set arrived Thursday night and on Friday morning, I put it together and it has been with him ever since. We selected a good one!
