Good naps make baby happy

This one I wrote on Sunday afternoon.

Our sweet baby girl, Rebecca, just woke up from a 3-hour nap, and is playing with Daddy while Mommy types. Long afternoon naps are a new thing for her. Yesterday is the first day in at least a couple of months that I can remember her sleeping for more than two hours at a time in the afternoon. Usually it's less than one hour. But she has not been going to bed quite as early at night as she used to (we think because she is teething), so maybe she is just catching up. She used to go to bed between 7:30 and 9:00, and last night it wasn’t until 11:00, which has been more typical of this past week. We skipped Sunday School this morning to let her sleep in more, and we still had to wake her up at 9:30 to leave for church at 9:45. This was the second Sunday we left her in the nursery, and she seemed to do much better this time, being much better rested, and being in the nursery for only half the time she was before. I never know when to put her need for rest above our desire to go places (especially Sunday School), and when to just take her and go and hope she survives the day without being too unhappy. My Tuesday morning Bible study will be starting up again in a couple of weeks, and I hope that it won't be too chaotic messing up Rebecca's sleep schedule two mornings a week. At least this year I will get to use the HOV lane. :)