Sleeping beauty

I swear to God this is not really a sleep blog. But maybe it should be. because that's all I freaking talk about anymore.

But please, bear with me.

I have an enviable problem, I know. I hesitate to write about it, because I don't want any moms with non-sleepers on their hands to jump on the hater bandwagon. Because seriously, I feel your pain.

But my dilemma has become -- dare I say it -- too much sleeping.

The shame.

Jack goes to bed every night at 8 p.m. Barring some crazy circumstances, he usually sleeps 8-9 hours, gets up to eat and goes right back down, and sleeps another four or five. So he starts his day around 9 a.m.

Which is awesome. On weekends, he's been known to loll around in bed until 10 a.m. Which, my God, this is a child after my own heart. I am the woman who would sleep til 11 a.m. each and every day if I could.

But all the sleep books? They talk about establishing the good nap routine. And they call for naps, usually around 9 a.m. and again around 1 p.m.

Assuming most babies wake up at the crack of dawn, I can see the 9 a.m. nap.

But Jack gets up at 9. So he doesn't go down for a nap until between 10:30 and 11 a.m. most days. And this brings us to my dilemma.

I would love for him to nap from 9-11. Then again from 1-3. That would work juuuuuust super for my work schedule.

As it stands, he naps from 11-1 and then again from 3-5 on most days*.

And obviously, I could start imposing a 7 a.m wake-up time on him. But for the love of God, why would I want to mess with my weekend sleep? Am I insane to value my sleeping in on two days more than a workable schedule the other five?



* Except when he takes 30 minute naps. Those are the days where mommy needs vodka. And runs skrieking from the house when daddy comes home.