my daughter should be napping right now but instead she is on her playmat, happily batting around a red apple toy. i spent the last fifteen minutes with her in her nursery, trying to convince her that it was naptime, while she stared peacefully at the shadow coming in from the curtain on the wall. she didn't sleep a wink, but i could barely keep my eyes open.
it's ironic that i should be trying to get my daughter to take daytime naps, since i never have been good at taking them myself. my mother claims i never napped at all during the day after the age of two. certainly as an adult, i don't like to sleep while the sun is shining. i usually feel there are more important things to be doing, and have a hard time relaxing. if i do settle down into a sleep, i feel awful when i wake up.
richard forwarded me an article today from men's journal on the benefits of power napping. it says that if you sleep more than 20 minutes but less than 50, it can leave you feeling sluggish and slow. i think that's what i've been doing wrong. i may need to learn this skill now, as suddenly daytime naps are more desirable than they were in the past.
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