What is all of this talk about taking a nap during the day?
"Sleep when the baby sleeps", blah blah. If I have a little old lady who had her last child in 1955 tell me that one more time I am going to gag. It just doesn't happen. I can't nap. I don't have the luxury and if I am afforded a day with a lighter work load and a babysitter a nap is usually forgotten about. Especially if I am paying a babysitter. I have to work to afford to pay her- last time I checked nobody pays me to sleep.
Maybe back in 1955 when most moms didn't have to work a full time job in addition to taking care of the family and household, there was more napping going on. These days I have to keep chugging along and working hard through the day and if I stop to nap I feel 1. guilty, 2. sick with acid reflux, and 3. guilty.
There are too many people relying on me. Too many paying customers. Too many deadlines. I am 27 weeks pregnant and really "should" nap according to many sources, but I just can't/won't. I am yawning as I write this.
Maybe someday I will give myself a nap as a present. First I have to give myself the gift of permission.
Do you nap?
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I must admit I do nap occasionally. However, I only nap because I am pregnant with my second child and know that once he/she arrives, naps are pretty much off limits until all children are out of the house. I am finding it harder to justify the napping now that the nausea has gone away and I am finding more and more things that can only get done while my one year old enjoys his nap.
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