Reading Time

Ella loves to "read" books. Juliette loves to do whatever Ella is doing. Lately the girls have been spending lots of time reading together. They love to share the white chair and flip through their books. It is so cute to watch.

As of a few weeks ago, Ella no longer takes a nap. When she was taking a nap in the afternoon she would really struggle to go to sleep at night, it seemed like she just wasn't tired. Then she stopped napping during nap time. She would sit awake in her crib and sing songs or would ask for a book to look through. We decided to try 'quiet time' instead of nap time. To our surprise, it has worked out really well. The rules are that she needs to stay in her room, and she is not allowed to break anything. I go in and check on her after about an hour and she usually has a stack of books on the floor and tells me she would like "a little more quiet time please". Some things we have learned the hard way (such as not leaving the container of wipes in there), but for the most part quiet time has been a great thing for Ella. Also, she is tired at night and goes right to sleep and often sleeps in a little more in the morning!