In an email today I actually typed the words, ” My kid is wrecking my social calendar.” Let me clarify what I meant by that statement.  I was referring to the fact that I had to tell a friend, ” No I could not meet them for lunch because my son takes his morning nap from 11-1 now.” Real convenient!

A lot of my friends work during the day so I  used to meet one or a group of them for lunch once or twice a week. I have had to take a hiatus from “lunching” due to my son’s transition into the land of one nap a day. I was actually looking forward to the day when he would nap only in the afternoon. I could run errands or take him to the park in the morning and it would be great. I could plan all of our activities for the morning or late afternoon.  I must say that I did not forsee this transition nap stage where he would sleep from 11-1 and then again from 4-6.  I thought he would just magically drop the morning nap one day instead of pushing both of his daily naps back. It’s hard to plan playdates when your kid is the only one in town awake from 1-4 p.m.  Most kids his age are probably napping then.

It’s funny how I always look forward to the next thing or stage in my son’s life. I always think that the next stage will be so much better but then it comes around and it has it’s limitations just like every other “stage” has.  You would think that I would have learned that by now.  Apparently, I’m still a mommy in training.