I am not a morning person

[crazychicknlady]

C woke up this morning about 6:45am. After convincing him to let me rest another 15 minutes we got up at 7am. I know this is a typical scenario for many parents, some start even earlier. For me, however, this was way too early. We are practically nocturnal in this house; we've even come up with our own phrase to distinguish between morning and late enough in the morning to bother getting up.

wake up morning

7am is not wake up morning time.

I knew someone in college who felt ill if he stayed in bed past 7:30am in the morning.

I would need an IV of coffee to make it through my day if I had to get out of bed before 9am most days.

Thank goodness I was blessed with three night owls and this morning is an anomaly in our daily lives

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[catnip13.livejournal.com]

K's woke up at 6:30 almost every day last week. I want a snooze bar.

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Oof. Did she at least nap for you on those days?

C only took a 20 minute nap today, and didn't fall asleep for the night till 10:30pm. While it was nice to enjoy the cooler air in the morning, it isn't worth my zombie state the rest of the day.

[catnip13.livejournal.com]

If I remember right, she only napped on Friday. That was kind of funny. On the last Friday of every month, the indoor play center we like to go to does a 3.5 hour "date night," with pizza and games and craft projects. Pick up is at 8:30, and Kirsten and Stacy get the kids into their PJ's and teeth brushed. We usually go about an hour ahead and play for a bit before I leave. She had her shoes on, and the backpack with her PJ's and toothbrush on, and all of a sudden, I looked over and she'd fallen asleep on the couch. It was probably best. She'd have been very cranky by pick-up time.

Kaia takes a nap maybe once a week. I miss naps, but it is kind of nice to have her go to bed a little earlier in the evening so David and I can have that couple time. Also, I've found that a one-hour nap pushes back her bedtime about 2 hours, with no effect on wake-up time.

David was looking at the weather page for Phoenix yesterday - 109 at 7:30 at night!?!?! I hope the air is breathable down there. It's been coolish here, but so smoky we've had to keep the AC on and the house closed up.

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

The air quality here has been fine, but sometimes it's really hard breathing in the hot air. We're really looking forward to moving somewhere cooler some day.