Thank You Nap Lordy

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BarbaraR — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:55:15 GMT

jah - i WISH she wanted her own bed! she loves her crib -- it's just when she's sick she wants to sleep with me. i'm thinkin' this summer we may try the bed thing. or tomorrow. or next year. who knows?!

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Jah RastaYid — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:28:01 GMT

Nap time is as much for the parent as for the child. Keeps everyone closer to sanity.

Mamie is 2, isn't she? That's about the age Eye and I moved each of our brood from a crib to their own normal-sized bed. I can't say for certain that it helped with situations like yours, but the sprats all enjoyed having a bed like Jah and Jahma's - sign of independence and all that. Plus, it made it easier to keep them in their own room at night - if they came to ours at 3AM I could take them back to their room and lay down with them until they went back to sleep. It gave all of us a sense of place and space.

Jah

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liprap — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:16:54 GMT

Something is ALWAYS running with children.

8-)

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BarbaraR — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:46:26 GMT

Yeh, it's amazing how one week can be really awful, no sleep, crying 24-7, unhappy kid and parents and then suddenly, it turns and your kid laughs and sleeps! Yes, the nose still runs, but she sleeps! She sleeps!!!

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GirlsGoneChild — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:27 GMT

Woooohooo! I'm so glad to hear that. Good as new in no time, m'ladies.

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BarbaraR — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:11:52 GMT

thanks, rachael. i think we actually turned a corner last night -- good sleep and in a better mood today. and we're actually going to leave the apartment today. yay!

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Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:21:54 GMT

I'll tell you, sweets, it WILL pass!! Naps are nectar of the gods, but once they end, don't forget about "quiet rest time" whereby mommy commands everyone to their rooms for quiet time (aka: mommy needs a freakin' break)... not quite as glorious as true naps, but pretty ok.

Nothing as low as kids being sick. Not. One. Thing.

-Rachael