Friday, September 28, 2007

Naptime

Yes well naptime came about 12:45 when we came home from preschool. Ethan's eyes were rolling back into his head in the car, but I perversely made Olivia keep him awake until I got him into his bed. Well at home he seemed to pick up a second wind and did not eagerly snuggle down in his bed. He climbed out of bed 15 times, with eight of those meeting a rap with the wooden spoon. Well he won the naptime battle. I tried to get him to lay down with me in my bed but he was not having it. So, I gave up put Maddy in charge and decided I would at least get a nap. WRONG! As I was laying there I heard,
Maddy: Olivia wash your hands and brush your teeth before you touch him that has peanut butter in it. (Ethan has a p-nut allergy_
Ok, I have to get up and investigate because there should be no peanut items in my home. Well a package of Nutty Buddy cookies snuck in somehow? So, I try and lay back down while thinking would Maddy recognize anaphylactic shock or would her eyes be glued to the TV ignoring her brothers gasps just 2 feet away . So I get back up and make sure the TV is off and Maddy is aware of what shock looks like and find the epi pen and set it out just in case. I lay back down, the phone rings, it's a girlfriend and Maddy is letting her know that her mommy is sleeping (right), should I feel guilt? I don't usually take naps, I should be watching the kids, doing my 500th load of laundry this week, or weeding the flower beds. Nope, I am going to nap and try not to feel guilty. Then I doze off for a few minutes to be awakened by Olivia, Mom are you sleeping?
Me: I was, what do you want?
Olivia: Can I swim?
Me: Should I say, No, stupid have I ever let you swim while I am asleep? No Olivia Where is your sis?
Olivia: I don't know (and she leaves)
Well 2 phone calls , 3 Ethan tantrums and Maddy complaining about watching baby shows later
I have not had a nap. I am worse off than when I laid down and my house is TRASHED. My dear husband walks in and says, "Why are you taking a nap?" I think he wished he had never asked if you know what I mean. Well after our talk about how MY day went he just asked what take out we would be ordering for dinner....I think Stavros sounds good.
Posted by Leisa at 1:20 PM
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Tiffany said...

I can so relate--you just want a short nap but it ain't happening. I get so grumpy when that happens. Now that my kids are older they have really learned to leave me alone or else. Too bad nobody has passed that message on to IzzyB. I have quit trying to nap, it's too irritating. As far as Ethan--you can do what we did with Joe--just let him sleep in your bed. Joe was a great sleeper until we had to take him out of the crib. He was also climbing out constantly so we took it down and put him in a toddler bed. He would finally go to sleep in it but was in our bed a couple of hours later. He still gets in our bed! Ugh! Now we are so used to it we don't even wake up which makes it hard to break the habit. Hang in there, this may only last a couple of years. :0)

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