I've been having some restless nights lately. My youngest (3) has clearly been napping for too long at kindergarden (we have a "max 1 hr" rule with them, but I have long experience with conflicting motivations among staff to let kids sleep long and parents who despair at night and pay the price). He went to bed at 10pm last night, and keeps getting up at 6. Dot 6. My second daughter (6) is having restless nights, so even when I do get to bed (far too late, as I still need to wind down myself and read a bit etc.), I don't get much sleep. Some nights I have my son and my daughter in MY bed. Thankfully I'm small, but even when we do all sleep, I can't be sleeping very well.
So, any sane mother who is at home would probably take her children to school/daycare in the morning, and go bad to bed for an hour or two. And sleep-deprived me decided to shop, cook the evening meal, vacuum, clean the bathrooms (I need to organize a new cleaning lady - fast!), draft three work papers, and go to an annual skin check-up. All before noon.
I know from experience that this backfires big-time. The kids aren't rested, and are giddy. I'm not rested, and get snappy. And this all doesn't end on a pretty note. So why don't I just go and take a nap? Sigh.
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