Historically, I’m not a nap person. When Noel and I first got married this was kind of a sore spot. He loved to take a nap Sunday afternoon and I thought it was the biggest waste of time. He told me it helped him function better and I told him people were supposed to sleep at night. Even when Cooper first came along I fought taking naps, which was a mistake. It only took about a week of trying to stay up all day while he tried to stay up all night before I caved.
Lately, Cooper’s been better at sleeping longer stretches at night and never stays up for more than 20 minutes at a time when he does wake up. While I often crash on the couch before 10pm, I’ve been able to avoid taking naps for the past couple of months. Honestly, I think I was feeling pretty smug about it. Today though, I was being crabby. I didn’t feel like cleaning the house (that’s not really too much of a surprise), reading books with my child, eating, or even blogging that’s how bad it was. When Cooper went down for a nap the thought occurred to me (I’m not beyond saying it was inspiration) that I should lay down for a couple of minutes. An hour later I feel ready to take on the world. I guess Noel was right all along.
Were you not a believer in naps even when you were pregnant? I just don’t know how you do it, but I’m glad you finally caved. I’m on Noel side on this one!
I will admit to taking some naps while pregnant. Growing a baby was exhausting.
I love a very rare nap as well but when I wake up I don’t know where I am or what day it is.
Mark this moment. I was right.
I have the same difficultly with Chris! He believes napping on Sundays is a waste of time too. I guess it’s just us Merkets and our Sunday Nap.
“Il Dolce Far Niente” – the art of doing nothing. It can be wonderful in our crazy world and has recently been noted in the book and movie Eat, Pray, Love.
Did anybody say nap….ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
No kidding! He sits down for a minute and he is OUT!
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