Dear Babyman,
I know you are getting three teeth at once, but do you really think 37 minutes is a sufficient afternoon nap?
Thirty. Plus seven.
Is NOT ENOUGH TIME.
In an hour you will be inconsolable. Why did we spend three hours at the park this afternoon? We did that to wear you out so you would sleep this afternoon. You remember sleeping, right? I remember sleeping. Oh, sleep. In the afternoon! What I wouldn’t give to sleep in the afternoon.
Babyman, once I was in college. And in college I would nap. Oh, how I would nap! I could nap all the livelong day. Glorious napping, it was.
Mama is tired. Her eyes itch from the park. Her bones ache. Babyman, Mama is old. Mama needs rest! Even your dynamo of a sister is tired! WHY ARE YOU NOT SLEEPING?
SLEEP. BABYMAN. SLEEP.
Please, for the love of all things holy, dude, take a fucking NAP.
Love,
Mama
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God, I remember trying to will them to sleep. To try everything under the sun, and then that near tragic feeling when they wake all too early.
Here’s hoping slumber will find him.
It is so frusturating when the nap is over way too quickly!
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Oh my God, I am so with you.
I am sick of the not sleeping a full night at 18mths old. My beautiful,, clever daughter is killing me with the no sleeping. I have visions of this continuing FOREVER.
I feel your pain.
ps I read your blog everyday but I am too lazy to comment, sorry. Best wishes.
I remember those days…my kids, all three, gave up naps at 18 months…completely. It was a nightmare!
I hope your little guy is just going through a short-lived phase!!
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how did it go sans nap?
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Oh, c’mon, I don’t see what the big deal is, Mrs. Chicken! That’s just THAT much more time you get to spend with him. KIDDING. We are going through the same thing here. I promise myself I won’t go into her room for JUST 30 MORE MINUTES. It never works. Can’t listen to her cry. Boo hoo.
You see, the park was just such an AWESOME start to his day, he figured it could only get better. What might he have missed in that 37 minutes?! He doesn’t want to know.
The more annoying thing is when he gets just a little bit older and DOESN’T NAP ANY MORE
Not that I’m complaining about our three, who keep going like the duracell bunny all day…
I FEEL YOUR PAIN. My boy is 13 months and is just now starting to sleep an average of 1.5 hrs. per nap. Now it’s just a matter of trying not to fall asleep with him so that I can actually have that time to myself!
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Yes. Take a FUCKING NAP. I think it often.
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