Violet is a terrible napper. We've tried to make her comfy for naps, we've tried different times of day, but nothing has led to a regular daily nap. She naps maybe two days a week.
We try everyday, though, largely because being pregnant, Christie generally needs the afternoon rest if Violet will give it to her.
We would typically put her in her bed, and she would squirm. Then she would fight sleep and get out of her bed and terrorize her room. Christie can't sleep herself if Violet's not sleeping. You really can't trust her not to do something to really crazy and hurt herself.
Shortly, we eased up onto the fight and decided that as long as Violet was on her bed, she could do whatever, even if she didn't sleep. That seemed to ease up nap time and make it a lot less contentious.
One day, early in nap time, Violet grabbed all of her blankets and pillows and dragged them to the foot of the bed. She put them together in a big pile. She wasn't sleeping, so Christie went in to try to "reset" her back to sleep.
Christie said, "Violet, what are you doing with all of the blankets." We didn't care what Violet did, as long as she was on her bed, but we were curious.
"It's my bunny house."
"Your bunny house?" Christie asked.
"Yeah, I nap in my bunny house."
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