The Fall Of Naps
The worst thing for a parent is when their child decided s/he doesn’t want to nap anymore.
The parents decided they do need a nap.
The kids refuse and throw a party in their bedroom instead.
The parent begs, pleads, threatens and bribes.
The kid does not back down.
Sleep requirements will not be met.
Sleep is the devil.
Sleep is the enemy.
Will. Not. Sleep.
The parent cries at the loss of free time to shower, eat in peace of maybe sit down. Activities that were taken for granted for so long. Basic physical needs that cannot be met while children are awake.
It is bad enough when Children go from the two nap a day down to one. I, for one, remember mourning that loss. I loved that free time in the morning and afternoon to actually, I don’t know, do something productive, but now I had to cram it all into the hour or hour and a half in the afternoon.
It was a hard adjustment.
For me. The kids were fine.
Every house has to end the reign of naps sometimes, I hope my kids nap at least for a small amount of time until they enter school for a full day.
Is that so much to ask?
Yeah. But a Mom can hope can’t she?
naps, nap time, parenting, moms, toddlers, kids, babies, no naps
December 21st, 2006 at 12:25 pm
It’s another one of those rites of passage we all must endure. I loved nap time in part because it afforded me the opportunity to catch up on my own sleep.
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