Without question, the one time during the day that can make it or break it for me is nap time. Let me preface this by saying....we have had a GREAT day today! Nicole has been so much fun. She's been a good listener and we have played a lot.
However, It has been nearly 2 hours, and she still is not asleep. I don't know why I'm so crazy about nap times. No...I do know why. She needs it! I need it! Hannah needs it! Naps are incredibly important to me ( does that sound like I nap every day? I didn't mean it that way, although if I could choose one daily luxury, it would be a nap. However, they are very few and far between).
My biggest goal since Hannah was born was to get them both taking a decent nap at the same time. I need the time to do work and the time by myself. But, man...when naps don't go smoothly...it takes every thing within me not to lose control! I get so frustrated. I have a difficult time showing my girls grace during nap time.
Excuse me...I have to go talk to Nicole, again! Ok...I'm back. Silent screem...ahhhhhh.
Anyway....I'm whinning and venting and it's probably a bit annoying. I don't know why I allow this to control me so much. This can seriously ruin my day, isn't that rediculous? Do I seriosly think I can intimidate her into closing her eyes and going "night night". What a rediculous thought...although for some insane reason, I keep trying it. Here's the issue now. Hannah is finally asleep, so every noise Nicole makes increases the chances of waking Hannah. Normally I'd just let her sing and talk to her doggies, as long as she's laying down. But, now that Hannah is here, she has to be quiet and respect that she is sleeping also.
I have no idea where this is going, except to be real with you and show my frustration over such a small and silly thing. Most of what she's doing right now is funny, during play time though, not nap time. I thought maybe if I could get it out of my head I wouldn't be so frustrated right now. Not sure if it's worked yet or not:-) hahaha.
Really though...she's a super sweet incredible little girl. She just needs to sleep!!!!!!!
On another thought...watchya think of the Tropical Storm, and almost hurricane?
Edited to say...she just fell asleep soon after I wrote this. Go figure:-) Hey...if you haven't read about our vacation...keep reading!
3 comments:
What do we think of your almost Hurricane?? Well, being in Ohio, it is like this.........
We would want to be on the beach before and after to see what happened, look for neat shells that came upon shore. Maybe nothing like that, we don't know up here since we have never been through a Hurricane. I can say, we are all watching The Weather Channel and seeing what is going on just like you were watching the Weather Channel down there during our "Blizzard 08" 20 inches of snow.
Did you get Nicole to take her "nap"?
Love ya all,
Aunt Julie
As I was reading your post today the first thing that came to my mind was the "Serenity Prayer"
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference" .... I guess if we could all embrace this all of our days could be alot better!!! Hope that nap time works out today!!
Grammy
I totally understand your frustration with naptime. Even though I'm at work all day, when the weekends get here, I pray for 10am when I can lay Logan down for a couple of hours so I can get some housework done. Just stick to your guns and don't give in. About your almost hurricane, I am happy it didn't turn into one. Hey, at least it wasn't snow like the midwest gets.
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