Tedious Tasks
Not sure if he was knocked out by the effort of learning to tie my shoes. Exhausted by plunder. Or perhaps it was the toothbrushing? Always brush before bed. Either way, the exertion knocked him out at...
View ArticlePut Your Feet Up
Cormac is just taunting me, here. Okay – this is not his bed. But it’s like he said “You have failed as a parent. As other toddlers nap in their beds the world over, this afternoon, I will lie...
View ArticleSingle-Handed Sleep
We’ve had so many stair naps here at Naps Happen that we’re in danger of becoming positively ho hum. I can’t deny, though, that Cormac has added a few elements to this one an over-achiever. Ever the...
View ArticleMocking Mom
Before I had children, I just knew they’d have perfect manners. Now I see the mockery they have made of my parenting dreams. No food on the floor? Laughable. Pick up your toys? Comical. No shoes on...
View ArticleSleeping By Surprise
Sometimes, of an afternoon, I let the boys have their lunch on a tray in the basement while they watch a movie. They call this “picnic” and it’s good, clean fun. Apparently, it’s also very tiring…at...
View ArticleGuest Napper #170: Smelly Snooze
We all know that one of the drawbacks to the start of school is the difficulty of getting out the door in the morning. Perhaps this guy knows better than anyone. Okay, well, maybe he’s too young for...
View ArticleGuest Napper #174: Stand! Sleep! Stand!
Depending on where you live, you’re a couple of weeks or a few days into a new back-to-school schedule. I’m all for enriching, engaging activities for the kids. I really am. There’s just ONE drawback....
View ArticleGuest Napper #170: Smelly Snooze
We all know that one of the drawbacks to the start of school is the difficulty of getting out the door in the morning. Perhaps this guy knows better than anyone. Okay, well, maybe he’s too young for...
View ArticleGuest Napper #174: Stand! Sleep! Stand!
Depending on where you live, you’re a couple of weeks or a few days into a new back-to-school schedule. I’m all for enriching, engaging activities for the kids. I really am. There’s just ONE drawback....
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