Naps
2025-08-23
I love naps, I have always loved them I think. My Dad takes a lot of naps and perhaps that is where I get this from.
But after having two kids it is much harder to plan my nap schedule. Sometimes we are out with other kids, having a play date for our oldest. Sometimes we get home too late for me to nap, sometimes we are driving or walking or at the park. And we have also had a second kid and who is currently on a two nap schedule. His first name is around 9AM and his second is around 2PM, while our older one takes one nap around 1PM. So often the naps dont align and even if I try to lay down I can hear one of the children playing or crying. Sometimes I put one down for bed only to hang out with the other one.
But sometime, just sometimes, their naps align as they did today and everyone went to bed around 1:30PM. And it felt like the stars aligned and the universe gifted me this perfect moment, and both Sneha and I got to nap at the same time as our kids for a whole hour. And I know it is silly to be excited about a nap like this and all of this is hyperbole, but I got in a really solid nap, feel good, and ready to take on the rest of the day with two kids.
Until next time.
-Gary