Nappily Never Nafter

I come from a long line of nappers. My father was a napper on the verge of narcolepsy, often falling asleep on the couch with my brother and I in his arms, while reading us books.

It would start with:

"I do not like green eggs and ham..."

And then not two seconds later...

"Hhhhhhhhggghhhhhhh Psshhhhhhhhh*."

"Daddy! Daddy! Wake up and tell us more of this Sam I Am person!!"

He also tends to nod off while viewing most sporting events on t.v. (golf, football, golf, basketball, golf...).

My Mom is also an outstanding napper. She will fall asleep after preparing every Sunday afternoon meal, during every movie she starts past 8 p.m., and most times while reading.

I love sleep. Therefore, I love naps. Can't get enough. Ever.

And Grayson? Grayson was born to nap. For two years his naps have been like clockwork. Three - four hour naps practically to the minute. Every.Single.Day.

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Until now.

At the time I thought it was normal infant/baby/toddler behavior. I now have a new understanding of just how remarkable it was.

W.A.S.

He napped 1pm-5pm every day for two years and I totally took it for granted.

Of course, because I'm not very smart, I figured he would continue these napping episodes until he was a freshmen in high school......but-not-so-much-no-way-not-even-close. He's done. He no longer believes in napping. And he has been telling me so all week while jumping up and down in his crib screaming, "Maaaaaaama, no naaaaaap! No naaaaaap Maaaaaama!"

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I've tried everything to get him to nap.

We do the exact same bedtime routine for naps as we do nighttime.....minus the bath and the brushing of the teeth. My best friend has told me time and time again, "Maybe he's just done with naps.....you know so and so stopped napping at two". And I've chosen to ignore this statement....time and time again.

But, I have to admit.......she's right. Dang it!

He's getting plenty of sleep. He goes down around 8 p.m. and sleeps till 10 a.m. I guess now that he's a big two year old, he's decided that 14 hours of sleep a day is just dandy.

Dandy.


I've tried singing Grayson to sleep but instead he just laughs hysterically because my voice is a train wreck.


He loves for me to reach over his crib and scratch his back before falling asleep, and I love it, too, until my arm goes numb and my fingers start falling asleep (dang carpel tunnel).....if only they had magic napping powers.



It's sweet, really. My son only sleeping when I sleep. Wanting to be awake so he doesn't miss out on anything. Really, he probably thinks I lounge around in my underwear on the couch watching Handy Manny re-runs, while popping M&M flavored bon-bons in my mouth, and squirting Bentley with the water gun. Because that's what he would be doing.

It's a little annoying, I must admit. I love him so much, but it's almost like having a 6 month old, again....they need you to entertain them. I used his nap time for my "me-time"......and well, now there's no time for "me- time" you know like: clipping coupons, planning dinner, writing on this blog, eating bon-bons....etc.

Instead it's, "Momma. side. me. (watch me go down the slide), Momma. at side. me. ( I want to go outside....very close to go down the slide, but different), Momma. mo boose. (more juice), Momma. meenie meenie. (Handy Manny), Momma. wah wah me peese. (Fill my water gun up, please) Momma. iiii've vooo. (Momma, I love you)And he's smart.....so smart. "Momma. noooooo naaaaaaap. iiiiii've voooo." He knows by saying this, he has me wrapped around his sticky, dirty, little fingers.

It's pretty much become impossible to get on the computer during the days, so my nights have become the only time I can type. Sorry for not updating the blog for over a week, but seriously......now you know why.

And then there's today, like right now for instance. 4:28 on a Thursday afternoon and I can FINALLY BLOG! Quick! Before he wakes up! TYPE FASTER!

Wait.....what? Yeah, that's right, he's asleep. How can you go a whole week without napping and then, "Oh hey Mom, I think I'll take a nap today".......s.i.g.h.

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Seriously though. I want to have another baby soon. How in the world can I go through a second pregnancy without napping? Right?

I mean...

Right?


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*that was supposed to be a snoring sound.