Weekend naps ???

I guess since it's Saturday that means my babies won't nap. I try to stick to our routine but since daddy's here things always manage to get twisted around, and then the babies won't nap. I'd love a nap myself right now but that won't be possible. I get more rest during the weekday. I thought Saturdays were supposed to be fun?

 

I kept the same schedule 7 days a week. Although DH was more cooperative once I left them alone with him on the weekend one day.

 

This may seem silly, but why can't your husband watch the kids while you sleep? Mine does for me sometimes. If you need it, you need it. If the kids get whiny and fussy, it's his turn.

 

I wish my dh could watch them right now, but he's studying for his pchem test Thursday. The man failed this class 10 years ago in college. He needs to take it now to complete his college degree. I didn't know this when I married him. Don't even get me started.

 

Our schedule gets all messed up too. Then I have 5 whiny babies on my hands - 2 crabby infants, 1 cranky toddler, a snippy 1st grader and 1 "D"H.

 

Well, we got through the day! The babies are now in bed, and we're going out to eat tonight and leaving them with a sitter. woo hoo! and a huge sigh of relief!

 

Our schedule gets all messed up when DH is home too...and he's been home all this week! Yesterday went much better with naps and as much as I love DH I can't wait for him to go back to work on Wednesday!!!

I would love a nap today, am so tired, but DH's idea of watching the kids is letting them just lay around until they fuss and then he feeds them and doesn't stick to the routine...so by the time I get up he doesn't remember who ate what, at what time and when the last time they napped. So sometimes it's not even worth me napping because I have to get up to very cranky hungry babies.

Plus, he didn't come to bed until almost 2am, woke me in the process, so he won't be getting up til probably 11am or so. sigh, just a mini-vent, don't mind me!

Anyway, I do try to stick with the same schedule on the weekends, makes monday that much easier!

 

It took some time for dh to figure out that it is in everyones benefit to follow a schedule. He used to doubt me all the time about the girls nap times. He would always think they really weren't tired or that it was too early for a nap. I just tried pointing out over and over again the signs and he got it. Also, I have a written schedule of eating and nap times that he can refer to if I'm out shopping which I sometimes do Saturday morning. For some reason if it wasn't in writting it wasn't real!
Hope you can find a way to communicate with dh. If he doesn't want the babies to nap maybe he can look after them while you nap or even better take them for a walk so you have a quite house?