For those of you out there with children, or for those of you whom have ever cared for a child, you will know what I mean by "behold the power of the nap". For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, let me explain. When you have a newborn in the house, the number one most asked question you get is "are they sleeping through the night?" In which case, depending on your answer, you either get "oh, how nice, lucky you", or "don't worry, it gets better, have you tried__________". Well, the same goes when you have toddlers. "Do they still take a nap? For how long?". I have to admit, I am one of the totally lucky moms that 1.) still get to answer "yes", and 2.) get to say "for about 3 hours". At this point, if the question came from a fellow parent of toddlers, I get the customary dirty look with the polite "wow, how nice". However, I in now way make light of this blessed 3 hours. They are a gift from god if there is one. When becoming a mother I somehow learned how to do everything imaginably possible in a total of 3 hours. The list of chores that used to take me the weekend...yup, you guessed it, now takes me 3 hours. Let me also tell you that relaxation has to be achieved in that 3 hours, because lord knows it does not come in the 11 hours they are awake! In fact, come to think of it, I really should not even be typing right now because the clock is ticking like a bomb in my ears...the monitors sit on the table beside me with their wooshhhhhhhh hum of static. Do you know just how coveted the "nap time" is in our household? John and I start dreaming about it early in the day, we collaborate about what each of us is going to do during the sacred 3 hours! In fact, if one gets to leave the premises (heaven), usually it has to be reciprocated the next day. You should see us put them down for their naps, it's like we are at the starting line of a race, the trigger is pulled and we are off! I have now washed, dryed and folded 3 loads of laundry, started dinner, read the manual to my new camera in the sun (this would have to be classified in the "relaxation" category), printed out 2 pictures for future scrap booking, made my bed and cleaned my room, swept the front porch and chatted with Johnny for about 15 minutes. And I still have a 1/2 hour on the bomb. Now, not to be hasty, but I've still got 7 more things on the chore list and shes a gonna blow so, to all of you out there TAKING a nap...don't you dare wake up and call me!
23 June 2007
Behold the power of the nap
For those of you out there with children, or for those of you whom have ever cared for a child, you will know what I mean by "behold the power of the nap". For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, let me explain. When you have a newborn in the house, the number one most asked question you get is "are they sleeping through the night?" In which case, depending on your answer, you either get "oh, how nice, lucky you", or "don't worry, it gets better, have you tried__________". Well, the same goes when you have toddlers. "Do they still take a nap? For how long?". I have to admit, I am one of the totally lucky moms that 1.) still get to answer "yes", and 2.) get to say "for about 3 hours". At this point, if the question came from a fellow parent of toddlers, I get the customary dirty look with the polite "wow, how nice". However, I in now way make light of this blessed 3 hours. They are a gift from god if there is one. When becoming a mother I somehow learned how to do everything imaginably possible in a total of 3 hours. The list of chores that used to take me the weekend...yup, you guessed it, now takes me 3 hours. Let me also tell you that relaxation has to be achieved in that 3 hours, because lord knows it does not come in the 11 hours they are awake! In fact, come to think of it, I really should not even be typing right now because the clock is ticking like a bomb in my ears...the monitors sit on the table beside me with their wooshhhhhhhh hum of static. Do you know just how coveted the "nap time" is in our household? John and I start dreaming about it early in the day, we collaborate about what each of us is going to do during the sacred 3 hours! In fact, if one gets to leave the premises (heaven), usually it has to be reciprocated the next day. You should see us put them down for their naps, it's like we are at the starting line of a race, the trigger is pulled and we are off! I have now washed, dryed and folded 3 loads of laundry, started dinner, read the manual to my new camera in the sun (this would have to be classified in the "relaxation" category), printed out 2 pictures for future scrap booking, made my bed and cleaned my room, swept the front porch and chatted with Johnny for about 15 minutes. And I still have a 1/2 hour on the bomb. Now, not to be hasty, but I've still got 7 more things on the chore list and shes a gonna blow so, to all of you out there TAKING a nap...don't you dare wake up and call me!
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OMG! Too cute! And I was the first one to call...but in my defense, I was RETURNING your call! Does that count?
Annie
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