Some days it just doesn't pay to get
out of bed. Cliche that that is- being the mother of four kids makes
it almost always true. As I day dream of burrowing back into my cozy
nest, covering my head with my extra pillow, I think about nap time
fights. The sweet ease into dreamland... where you can be anything and
everything without paying the cost of reality, is rarely there for
anyone under the age of six. They'd rather stubbornly cling to their
door posts, nails digging in and leaving gouges to measure their
growth by.
Why drift off to Never Never Land with
Peter Pan when you can cry and scream and face the injustices of
mommy refusing to refill your sippy cup. Who wants to fly through the
stars, scuba dive in the frothy depths where amazing creatures play,
when you can sit on your bed gasping for breath to rattle your
windows.
ME! ME! ME! I DO! I DO!
But no, every young child knows the most
magical moments happen after mommy tries to lay them down. We must be
finger painting the frosting on world record cookies from their
reactions. Either that or we're swimming in melted ice cream with
unicorns. That is the only explanation for their absolute refusal to
do the magical restorative thing called a nap.
Why am I reminiscing of those days? Two
of mine declared loudly that they were tired from staying up late
chatting and went and took a nap. Now I'm the one throwing the
tantrum, cause it's just not fair. They're probably mermaids right now. While I'm sitting here drinking my second pot of coffee just trying to
stay awake long enough to make it to bedtime! I wanna nap too!
Aww, I remember being forced to nap and not wanting to and ending up falling asleep... Now I'd love some forced quiet time every afternoon - even if I didn't nap but read a book instead!
ReplyDeleteI know I would love to be forced into some quiet time too. But all four of mine lying down at the same time? Never goin to happen. Lol.
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