http://www.as4me.net/2009/03/18/why-do-i-have-to-take-a-nap/ Thinking through the process of finding wisdom. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.as4me.net/2009/03/18/why-do-i-have-to-take-a-nap/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Laura Weimer Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:11:57 +0000 http://www.as4me.net/?p=1274#comment-1369 I've never had much luck with letting my children "choose" a nap or not since they ALWAYS choose no nap and ALWAYS still end up whiny and then I'm left with no alternative but to discipline which makes them more whiny and I end up giving them the nap anyway but now it's later in the day and makes it harder to go to bed at night. Sorry I'm being such a downer. Maybe there is someone out there for whom that has worked. I tell them they can choose not to sleep but they must stay in bed for the allotted time anyway, so they might as well sleep and be happy and not get disciplined rather than spend all that time in bed only to get disciplined later for being whiny! That has worked fairly well. Thanks for the reminder to listen to ourselves complain and whine! I’ve never had much luck with letting my children “choose” a nap or not since they ALWAYS choose no nap and ALWAYS still end up whiny and then I’m left with no alternative but to discipline which makes them more whiny and I end up giving them the nap anyway but now it’s later in the day and makes it harder to go to bed at night. Sorry I’m being such a downer. Maybe there is someone out there for whom that has worked. I tell them they can choose not to sleep but they must stay in bed for the allotted time anyway, so they might as well sleep and be happy and not get disciplined rather than spend all that time in bed only to get disciplined later for being whiny! That has worked fairly well. Thanks for the reminder to listen to ourselves complain and whine!

]]> http://www.as4me.net/2009/03/18/why-do-i-have-to-take-a-nap/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Monica Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:43:43 +0000 http://www.as4me.net/?p=1274#comment-1368 :o) this made me smile and chuckle, because I feel like Sloane asks me the same question, without using words yet. She will sit in her crib and say "up, up", as if she wants to be picked up when I put her down for her nap. I know what you mean, though. Sometimes, when the Lord provides time for us to rest, we get busy with other things, Internel, cleaning, phonecalls, and all we really need is a good nap. I hope you get that rest today, Michelle. God bless you as you labor with love today. )
this made me smile and chuckle, because I feel like Sloane asks me the same question, without using words yet. She will sit in her crib and say “up, up”, as if she wants to be picked up when I put her down for her nap.
I know what you mean, though. Sometimes, when the Lord provides time for us to rest, we get busy with other things, Internel, cleaning, phonecalls, and all we really need is a good nap. I hope you get that rest today, Michelle. God bless you as you labor with love today.

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