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No One Warned Me About Naptime

in Mom Life on January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019

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I have a real love-hate relationship with naptime.

Naptime can be the best.

Finally having the chance to sit down with a nice cup of cold coffee and ~~a pack of Oreos~~ a bowl of quinoa and watch four episodes of Grey’s Anatomy in a row?

YES. Sign me up. I freakin’ love naptime.

Woman Napping on Flowers — *Oh, you know, just napping on my bed of flowers like I do.*

But the actual getting-child-to-nap part?

The 1.5 hour struggle, the reading of Elmo’s Night Before Christmas 12 times in a row even though it’s nowhere near Christmas, the tears, sweat, and complete and utter frustration?

Naptime is basically the worst.

Failed Nap time — *This whole “pretending to be asleep” method is really working great!*

Let’s go into this in more detail, shall we?

Mom Life Monday 8

in Mom Life Monday on April 10, 2018 April 26, 2018

A List of People I Have Been Jealous of in a Sleep-Deprived Stupor:

Turns out standing in front of your video monitor chanting, "Don't wake up, don't wake up, don't wake up" will not, in fact, keep your baby from waking up--Mother Haggard

MomLife Monday 6

in Mom Life Monday on March 26, 2018 June 17, 2018

A List of Things I am Usually Doing When My Baby Wakes Up Early From a Nap:

The Secret to Perfect Naps–Every Time!

in Mom Life Wise Mother Haggard on February 9, 2018 July 29, 2018

If there is one thing that is constantly on your mind during that first year of parenthood, it’s SLEEP.

When will the baby sleep? When will YOU sleep? Sleep when the baby sleeps. Sleeping through the night. Nap sleep. Night sleep. Sleep sacks. Sleepers. Sleep associations. Sleep sheep. Sleepwalking. Sleeping bags. Sleepovers. Birthday parties. Pizza parties! Pizza pockets. Cake. Oh, I love a bit of cake.
What are we talking about again? I’m so tired and hungry.

Oh yes.

That ever elusive sleep.

It’s a doozy of a subject, right?

It’s the topic that I receive the most amount of emails about (except for all of the questions about Merle Haggard. This blog is still not about Merle Haggard. Unless you think I should make it about Merle Haggard? We’ll see how the next few months go), so I figured it was high time that I shared my tried and tested method for naps, which works almost every time.