Naps Are Great

I am sure I seem obsessed with sleep, but I thought I'd note how wonderful naps are. That is all.

Babies = Sleep Deprivation

I learned this lesson in the most brutal of all ways with my first child. She was, and still is, a horrible sleeper. I remember being so sleep deprived one day that, while taking her for a ride mid-afternoon to get her to nap, I stopped at a stop sign and was paralyzed by . . . . well, stupidity. I could not remember what to do or how to do it. I was completely brain dead, not only unaware of where I was going but of what I was supposed to do with my car. People stared as I sat there clutching the steering wheel. I finally pulled it together and decided it wasn't safe for me to drive, so I headed home to walk the floors with a baby while I yearned for sleep. Fast forward four years. I now have a new baby, a son. He's a much better sleeper, so life is a little easier. (No panicked moments at the stop sign.) Still, he has bad nights. Two of them recently. And I'm tired and wondering how women who don't have helpful, involved husbands do it day in and day out. I know I'm blessed to have two happy and beautiful children. Thank goodness for lack of sleep, huh?