Excuse me, but it's time for my nap.

Well, 7:30am hasn't rolled around yet and I'm already dreaming of a nap. I know it's because I didn't get very much sleep, and according to an article on taking naps, we are hardwired to have two periods of extreme sleepiness during the day, the first between 2-4am... exactly the time when I was awake with Katelyn.

On Thursday my attempt at taking a nap went like this: I finally got Katelyn to sleep. She'd been up all morning, so I knew she'd be out for a good two hours. I put Khiana to bed, making sure she had her pluggie, sippy cup, blanket, cat, large white teddy bear, small brown teddy bear, doll #1, doll #2, and their respective pluggies and bottles. She had to turn out all the lights in the house, turn off the computer monitors, say night night to Katelyn, and then finally I could put her in the crib without excessive screaming. 15 minutes later though, she was still kicking around so I went in and checked on her. I was greeted with her smiling, naked self. I put her diaper and clothes back on and tried again. Nope, off they came once more. This happened four times before I gave up. It was almost time for Katelyn to wake up, so I decided to take a hot shower instead. I have learned from this experience though. My nap on Friday went off without a hitch. I waited longer so that Khiana was more tired, I put her to bed first, then put Katelyn to sleep, and I put Khiana in a onesie that she can't get out of (yet). I got a full 90 minute nap, which reduced my wrinkled and puffy eyes by 7%. Hurray!

Check out this article. It sheds some light on how to take naps.