I think I really suck at this parenting thing

[dampscribbler]

Naptime. One would think this could be defined as "the time at which a parent puts a child in bed for approximately one hour, then gets some housework done." In our house, it's "the time at which one parent speaks calmly while one child screams in agony for approximately twenty minutes, after which the child finally acquiesces to stay in her room for a period of time between five and forty-five minutes, during which the parent restrains herself from emptying the liquor cabinet down her own gullet by reading icanhascheezburger.com, cakewrecks.blogspot.com, and other such life-enhancing resources."

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[wordsrmylife.livejournal.com]

Omg, I had one of those, too. Although she didn't always scream. But short naps were the rule from day 1. I loved my sister-in-law's response--"An hour. That's barely enough time to have a cup of tea!" She got it, even though hers slept for 2-4 hours.

The good news is, those short nappers are that way, I think, because they don't want to miss a thing. Once they don't need naps, they're great fun.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

An hour would have been nice at the early age. She rarely napped more than 20 minutes. Which is why I lost all my baby weight in 6 weeks. I was starving to death. Now she naps 40 minutes to an hour, unless she falls asleep on me, where she can sleep for 80-90 minutes. Whee!