Friday, August 27, 2010

Mama’s Mission, September

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I have decided to join a brand new blog carnival. It is hosted by Mama Jenn.

For this carnival you set a goal and try to accomplish it. If by the end of the month you have, you get a mission accomplished button.

My goal this month is to once and for all GIVE UP THE NAP. No not my kids……ME!

I have had the luxury of having both boys be great nappers. So for the past 4 years I have had a nap in the afternoon, while they sleep. I don’t mean just lying down. I don’t mean a 20 minute cat nap.

I am talking about a get in your pajamas, get in bed, and fall fast asleep for a good 2 hours…NAP!

Obviously it affects my sleep at night. Not to mention that my 4.5 year old no longer naps so he is spending too much time in his room playing/watching tv/bouncing off the walls.

So my goal is to give up the nap. I will still have 1 hour of quiet time per day, while Monkey has his quiet time, and Alligator sleeps. During this time I will read, or play on the computer or watch TV, but not sleep.

Then I would like to get up and have some one-on-one time with Monkey. He needs it, and so do I.

I’ll keep you updated as to how it goes.

3 comments:

  1. Kit, 1t looks like you got the linking up all figured out!!!

    Oooh, I would LOVE to be able to take a nap like that, but I usually try to spend the kid's naptime/quiet time getting "stuff" done. Just imagine how much "stuff" you will be able to get done without the nap! :-)

    Thanks for linking up!

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  2. LOL when I first saw give up the nap I thought you were talking about your kids and I was like... "what is she crazy!!!" I would love an afternoon nap but I wish you success in your mission!!

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  3. I'm with ya, Kit! It's hard, but I think it's helping me in other ways not to rely on lying down in the afternoon.

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