Nap time is one of those glorious things that happen each day that you look forward too right when you wake up. Thats if the nap time goes according to plan.... In my imagination my children would play wonderfully all day long. Get along great, learn lots, say funny things and when it was time for nap and bed time they would be like... ok mommy we will go to sleep, love you. That would be the end of it. No running out of their rooms. No "I have to go potty" for the um-teenth time. No, I'm afraid of Goliath or any other thing. Just go to bed, and sleep...
I wish there was a manual that came with each child that instructed you to do ABC if XYZ happens. Bed time used to be the only time I had to actually fight with my kids to go down. Now I'm the lucky one where I get to fight two times a day. But its a battle worth fighting!
Nap time for a stay at home mom is like your own little me time. It gives you a little time with out the kids while being able to get a few things down that would take 3xs as long if the kids were up. Or catch up on anything at all you want to do. Read a book, write a letter, watch a show, do a craft, do some deep cleaning or my favorite sometimes...sleep! Its my one time in my day where I feel like I can take a break and relax.
I'm not saying I don't love my kids, I do more than life itself. I just wish they would understand how important nap time is for the both of us. One day, I'll inform them of how hard they made nap and bed time. But for now, I'll concentrate on how much I love their little smiling faces and the funny reasons why they can't go to sleep.
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