Parenting after a Loss

Finally able to "nap when baby naps"

I used to hate when people told me "rest when she rests"... as if I could just turn off and conk out on cue, not knowing if I'd have 5 minutes to sleep or 15 or an hour or what. 

It's taken almost 5 months, but I think I can do it now!  I think it's the predictability of knowing how long DD usually naps.  You just don't get that with a newborn! 

Were you guys ever able to nap during the day?

Re: Finally able to "nap when baby naps"

  • Every once in a blue moon.
  • I can nap anywhere anytime.  My DH says I have a gift.  I napped when Jacob slept from day 1.  The problem in the beginning was that Jacob didn't sleep at night, so I had no other choice than to nap during the day.

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  • I do it!! ?I've just been able to do this starting a couple weeks ago. ?Napping with him helps.
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  • sometimes! not all the time. Her naps are usually my time to eat, nest, shower, nest, clean, nest....
  • Nope. And the few times I tried, as soon as I fell asleep, Leo would start crying. FAIL.
  • When I am home with DS, he takes a nap from 8:30 to around 10am....I usually do too!! (But he gets up at 6am, so I am tired again by then, I used to shower etc when he napped, now, who cares if I shower, or he can be occupied in his bouncer long enough for me to shower....)

  • imageMrs.Mclstar48:
    sometimes! not all the time. Her naps are usually my time to eat, nest, shower, nest, clean, nest....

    ditto!

    This only worked for me when I was napping WITH her but that was a short-lived phase.?

  • I can now.  When he was a newborn.......forget it!  Now I just take him in with me and we're both out like a light!  The other night after dinner we both slept for an hour.
  • jnealetjnealet member
    I can for the morning nap but after that I really can't fall asleep.  Although there have been a few times where I watched TV with my eyes closed in the late afternoon.
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