Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Napping glory

Every morning as soon as I finish feeding him breakfast, I wait for Tarush's nap time. As a stay-at-home mommy, there is this anticipation of the baby's nap time even before the day starts!
As the child falls into the daily routine, mommies count on those peaceful and quiet moments to gather thoughts, get a shut-eye, maybe finish off the chores without disruptions, or simply unwind..

Today, as soon as Tarush's eyes closed, I started my daily routine of stuff that I'd rather do without his interruptions. I finished all the work and gave a sigh of relief that he didn't even budge from his sleep position. Then I switched on the TV and fixed myself some lunch and ate at leisure watching one of my favorite programs. Later I did some browsing on the web and found myself getting a little restless. I went in to check on Tarush again and he was in still in such a deep sleep. I managed to read few pages of a long pending book. As time passed by, I started to feel bored. I wasn't much interested in reading anymore, nor watching TV.. or even browsing the net. All I wanted then was for Tarush to wake up and go about his happy running around business and to play with him. . I even gently nudged him couple of times to awaken him.

Ofcourse, he did wake up a happy boy in the next 5 minutes and after a few hours, I again started to wait for his second nap of the day.
Then I thought that we as parents don't give the poor little things a break at all. If they don't sleep, we are troubled and if they sleep too much we are anxious..
Well, guess parents never change and napping glory is just temporary!!

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