Several times recently Kate has mentioned being sleepy. This happened again today. As she has done the past few times this has come up, she had been trying not to get in bed and rest. The unusual thing about this is not that she feels sleepy; it is that she has been napping for several years when she feels this way. Now it seems as though she shouldn’t being do it. Today and yesterday, I suggested she take a nap when she complained of being so sleepy. Then she very willingly got into bed to rest.
Today she got up about 30 minutes after getting into bed. She walked into the kitchen looking a little tired and forlorn. When she got sleepy at Panera this morning, she walked around the outside of the restaurant. At that time I said walking around was a good thing and that sometime we should do that on our block. I was careful to let her know that I didn’t mean “taking a walk.” That is something she strongly resists.
So when she came into the kitchen, I suggested we walk down the block. She accepted, and we ended up walking around the block. That is further than I expected she would go. I achieved this in stages. When we got to the end of our street, I told her she could choose whether to walk directly back to our house or walk around the block. She chose the latter. This is something I would like to make a habit.
