Activity #128: Spend more time in bed

by Whitney on March 24, 2009

For Stay at Home Moms, focus one day this week on getting more rest for you. Don’t get out of your PJs in the morning, and as soon as your baby’s first nap starts, jump back in bed. If you can’t fall asleep, read a magazine. During his/her next nap, take a shower and then get back in bed. If you can’t fall asleep, talk on the phone in bed.

This morning I heard the first sounds of needy people in my house at 5.40. Ugh! I soothed Scarlett back to sleep, and got back in bed. I usually have a hard time falling back asleep after that (hence my suggestions above) but today I was able to do it. At 6.30 am, when the real wake up happened, I shoved Ryan out of bed to deal with it. And I fell back asleep again! At 7 am, Julian ran into my room announcing, WAKE UP MOMMY! I told him to go find Scarlett and Daddy. Again, the sleep fairies smiled on me. They all left me alone until 7.50 when my body was finally ready to face the day. Hooray! Would I have liked to have been completely asleep between 5.40 and 7.50? Of course! But that is not my life right now.

And my friend Karen who routinely sleeps past 9 am can SUCKIT with her tales of weekend risings that happen at 11.30 am.

(photo credit: kellyandapril on flickr.)

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Heather January 1, 2006 at 11:41 am: Just did this today… loved it!
tanyetta March 16, 2006 at 12:41 am: Yes!!!!!!!!!! I love it. I’m soooooo glad I found your site. I’m bloglining and linking this in my blog—-ASAP!
nonlineargirl March 16, 2006 at 7:44 am: I second this idea – I do it all the time! It feels so great to get back into bed, pull up the covers and doze off!
jennster March 16, 2006 at 7:15 pm: what about mom’s of 7 years olds? i want to get back in bed too! lol
Karen March 24, 2009 at 2:04 pm: But Whitney, you have the joy of raising 2 lovely children while ALL I HAVE is… sleeping in sometimes. And let’s face it, by the time I have kids your kids will already be teenagers who sleep all day and all night, so you can look forward to rubbing it in my face then!
kirwin March 25, 2009 at 7:44 am: I wish someone had told me this when my babies were newborns. Or maybe they did, and I was too sleep-deprived to hear them? I agree…a well-rested mama, is a happy mama!