CommuterMom: Lullaby

I remember being really tired when I was pregnant, I was tired when CommuterGirl was an infant and I was nursing every three hours at night. But, I’ve gotten used to getting a full night’s sleep and having an hour or two to myself while she naps in the afternoon.

I guess I shouldn’t have gotten too comfortable. CommuterGirl is on week three of a napping strike. Not a seven-day-a-week strike, just on the weekends. She has decided that if she is going to sleep in the afternoon it will only be in the car. How convenient!! She seems to go down for her nap at school without a fuss. Is it because all of her friends are napping too? I tried pretending I was asleep, and I told her daddy and the dog were both napping — didn’t work. Is it because she sleeps on a mat at school rather than in her crib? I tried putting a blanket on the floor with no luck.

Who wants to stay home all day with a toddler who hasn’t napped? Not me. So each day we have headed out to run errands or go to the park; two miles from our house CommuterGirl is happily asleep in her car seat. The only problem now, I can’t stop the car or she’ll wake up.