My LG has stopped napping now but won’t do quiet time and so I’m really struggling to get things done. She will play by herself for a little bit and I know it’s natural and that time will increase as she gets older but how do all you other mamas cope who have little ones who don’t nap?
Also, she is a chatterbox and I love that she chatters away to herself but when I’m trying to think and she is chattering in my ear I really can’t concentrate!
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Lol mine talks non stop as well and it drives me mad sometimes 😂 there was definitely an adjustment period when she dropped the naps, for both of us, but I don't really struggle to get things done because I get her involved with everything. I was mostly using nap time for me time. I think it's important for her to see what it takes to maintain a home not think it all happens magically! She has a little Henry, she has a spray water bottle and cloth that she loves, she does yoga with me and will do colouring while I go on my exercise bike. To break up the day now we leave the house as late as possible with a couple of sandwiches, we go on a lot of walks at local forestry sites and see friends and family when we can. In some ways I've found it really freeing because I'm not worrying about getting back for naps or planning days around them (although we've always been flexible anyway). Also, earlier bedtime. She's almost always asleep by 7pm now, and that was getting later and later before the naps stopped!

I'd say the first month was the readjustment period but we're both used to the new day structure now and it goes a lot more smoothly. Although by the end of the week all I want is SILENCE 😂😂