Today I made the mistake of trying to get by without a nap for Trent. It wasn't a huge mistake - it fell in between cutting my own bangs about a year ago and telling my kid to go take a shower because he stinks, but then realizing it was me.
Anyway, Trent usually takes a nap at about 1:00, and today we breezed right past it with no problems. Until I called him to the dinner table and when he didn't come, (he sort of loves food), I went looking. He was asleep on the couch. At 5:30.
But I knew better than to wake him up, because my kids are beasts when they are awoken against their will. Waking him up would have meant holding him and reassuring him that he was OK for at least an hour before he calmed down. So I left him.
At 9:30 he woke up. It sucked big time. He was grumpy, (no dinner), and I was already tired... So I fed him dinner, and then we watched two episodes of Gilmore Girls while we knocked out a bag of Twizzlers. Then we played cars. Then we changed into our jammies and watched one more Gilmore Girls. Finally I talked him into going back to sleep.
Now I'm super exhausted and he's had a lot more sleep than usual, so he'll be up with that obnoxious woodpecker that has a thing for the tree outside my bedroom window. (AKA 4:30 AM) I'm going to be so beat tomorrow.
I miss naps. And when my kids are sleep deprived, I swear, they are sociopaths in training.
ReplyDeleteWork yourself a nap in, on me.
This happens to us about once a week. (Will I ever learn?) But today, I napped on the couch while Blake watched a movie next to me. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's rough! Kids and their routines.... Hey we knocked out a bag of twizzlers last night too! We must have the same taste in junk food :). Anyways, hopefully Trent (and YOU) can recover soon!
ReplyDeleteI wish my boys still napped. Luckily, the baby has just reached the one nap a day program that usually lasts about 3 hours. So, at least 1/3 of them are down for a bit!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love the new header. Second, I'm in the middle of naptime wars too. If I give Hank a nap, he doesn't go to sleep at night, but if I do, he falls asleep when I don't want him too and/or is a pain in the ass by 7:00. The goal is obviously to maximize my own sleep! How old is Trent?
ReplyDeleteDang. This made me miss you guys a lot! Dang the northwest!!!
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