February 23, 2005
I spend more time these days planning the kids' nap schedules than I spent on some of my college classes. Getting them to nap at the same time is the Holy Grail, and I'm happy to report that lately we've been achieving it (more or less) on a daily basis. This makes a happy Mommy.
For awhile, Stazi was napping about six times a day for about ten minutes per nap. This was not optimal, to say the least. Then she started napping more, but only in the car. This was also suboptimal. I finally banned car trips during the day until we got her nap schedule back on track, and now we've worked out a very pleasant routine in which she naps for about an hour and a half, maybe two hours, right in the middle of the day. The only snag is that she usually starts feeling sleepy around 11:30, and Sesame Street isn't over until 12:30, so I wind up having to keep her awake until then, because no way am I letting her fall asleep a full hour before Zeke goes down for his nap.
See what I mean?
Anyway, after Sesame Street, we change diapers, read Zeke a book or two while Stazi alternately plays in his room and grabs desperately at my pants leg while piteously wailing and giving me an expression like "Why won't you let me go to sleep?" and then I tuck Zeke in and go lie down with Stazi. She usually falls asleep in about fifteen minutes. Zeke, on the other hand, stays awake in his bed flipping pages in books and playing weird little games with his trucks and cars for about half an hour, sometimes more, before he drops off.
And then I am free! Free I tell you! Free to... well, do some indexing, usually. But a girl takes what she can get, you know?
Posted by Jan at February 23, 2005 5:12 PM
Comments
Jan- I love your blog b/c your life is my life! My son is 2 1/2 and my daughter is 7 mos, and yes! the key is to get them both asleep at the same time! Kudos to you for getting something done during that time. I usually just sit there and THANK GOD THAT IT IS FINALLY QUIET!
Posted by: Nicole at February 24, 2005 10:47 AM