With that being said, I feel like it has been a common theme amongst Mamas lately that nap time has been either a sweet success or an ongoing battle on the struggle bus. I hate to disappoint but this post is not about the magic solution I have found to get your children to nap or sleep through the night. I am still wrestling with Baby Wise and every other secret routine I have found on Pinterest with no avail.
Not only is it GLORIOUS when everyone is napping in unison but it also has led to one of the sweetest parts of my day when it works out. Some days I tear around like a crazy woman conquering as many chores as I can while trying to throw dinner in the crockpot. On these afternoons, I drink my second cup of coffee in more of a chugging fashion. I have also found that I am much more likely to wake the children when I try to accomplish too much, which has led me to nap scenario number two. As soon as everyone is snoozing, I rush downstairs, crank up the Keurig, snuggle in my spot on the couch (everyone has their personal corner on the couch right?) and call my mom. She is usually having her afternoon cup as well and we just chit chat and solve the problems of the world together.
Getting a little off topic. I almost always have some sort of snack with my afternoon coffee and I have yet to find many things more satisfying than something sweet and a cup of coffee. The combo is my absolute favorite. In the occasion that we have cupcakes or cookies in my house as soon as I wake up I will be anticipating my quiet moment eating my cupcake and washing it down with my warm cup of crack. It is just divine. Even if I am trying to behave I can usually satisfy that sweet fix with a protein bar or apple with peanut butter. Kind bars have been my favorite lately. Really any coffee and sweet combo, you just cant beat it.
While nap time, in sync or not, always involves coffee, it looks different some days. I love using that time to Facetime my sisters or friends from Memphis, or some days I have my priority time if the morning got crazy. Then there are just some afternoons where I am just still and stare at pictures of the boys because I miss them while they are snoozing. Whatever that time may hold, I am so thankful for every second of it.
I don't ever want to get so determined about having "me time" that I become too adamant about structured nap time. There are MANY days that Crawford is putting in his two cents while Meme and Mama save the world over coffee. If in fact nap time for either child ends up being a fail, it is really not all that much of a fail at all. Nap time has really become a win win, Ive realized. In a time of life where I am often being pulled between two of the things I love most, a little date with either of my boys makes the afternoon so much sweeter. Sometime C just wants to be nursed for the 60th time that day and then we lay on the floor and play, or every blue moon Will boycotts nap and we split and apple on the couch and giggle about Dinosaurs.
What ever nap time( or lack thereof) looks like, I have learned that it is the moment that I feel defeated for failing to get my children to sleep, I also receive the gift of one-on-one time with either of my boys. Just another way God is changing my heart and teaching me to look at things through different eyes. A glance at an old picture will be the swift reminder I need that these moments are passing too quick for me to be okay with. Whatever nap time looks like at your house, a bath, a coffee, or heck even a pint of ice cream, enjoy it Mama! You're doing great!!
While nap time, in sync or not, always involves coffee, it looks different some days. I love using that time to Facetime my sisters or friends from Memphis, or some days I have my priority time if the morning got crazy. Then there are just some afternoons where I am just still and stare at pictures of the boys because I miss them while they are snoozing. Whatever that time may hold, I am so thankful for every second of it.
I don't ever want to get so determined about having "me time" that I become too adamant about structured nap time. There are MANY days that Crawford is putting in his two cents while Meme and Mama save the world over coffee. If in fact nap time for either child ends up being a fail, it is really not all that much of a fail at all. Nap time has really become a win win, Ive realized. In a time of life where I am often being pulled between two of the things I love most, a little date with either of my boys makes the afternoon so much sweeter. Sometime C just wants to be nursed for the 60th time that day and then we lay on the floor and play, or every blue moon Will boycotts nap and we split and apple on the couch and giggle about Dinosaurs.
What ever nap time( or lack thereof) looks like, I have learned that it is the moment that I feel defeated for failing to get my children to sleep, I also receive the gift of one-on-one time with either of my boys. Just another way God is changing my heart and teaching me to look at things through different eyes. A glance at an old picture will be the swift reminder I need that these moments are passing too quick for me to be okay with. Whatever nap time looks like at your house, a bath, a coffee, or heck even a pint of ice cream, enjoy it Mama! You're doing great!!
