• superbozo said on Oct 28, 2009....

  Hi Paper
   
  Good to hear things are going so well.....on the nap front. There has been a lot of press recently about the benefits of power naps.
   
  Studies seem to suggest that power naps reduce stress, improve productivity and improve health. I have even heard of some companies putting in power nap booths at work for their employees.

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 28, 2009....

  
  
  Taaaaaaaaaaankies, for the link superB♥! :)  I need to read words to reinforce my behaviour... and the article will be a great help :)
  
  As you know, I come from the Philippines, and I grew up having siestas in the afternoon after school.   I am trying to implement that with my older girls, and I told them everytime they reply `I am not sleepy !´ that they don´t have to sleep, but to just lie down and close their eyes until the alarm goes (I set it to 15 minutes)... and wonders of wonders they always fall asleep, hahahaha  But yeah, they fight it...since they want to be active the whole time.
  
  I read somewhere about studies of the benefits of siestas in Mexico, and that it was implemented in companies in the US in work settings but I cannot recall the details. 
  
  Mary is at this age (almost 2 y.o)  that she still needs help falling asleep, and in my experience with the girls (now 7, & 10), looking at books and singing songs then pretending I am asleep afterwards, makes her relax enough to sleep by herself.  She will of course still try (day by day! hahaha) to tap me vigorously on the cheek, and say as loudly as she can to my face, "Mooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmy!" but day by day, after looking at picture books, and having sung the songs, I will lay there catatonically until she curls herself against me (I embrace her as she does!) and fall asleep! LOL
  
  I must say, I love those moments :)
  
  
  

• superbozo said on Oct 28, 2009....

  I'm all gooosebumply :).....I love it when princess falls asleep, curled up in my arms while reading her a book before bed. Those moments bring out the big softy in me. She too now fights to stay awake all day. Like your older girls she always goes to sleep as well.
   
  I've never really nap but more just kinda zone out. My favorite way is to watch the turtles in my turtle tank playing. Before I know it an hour could've gone by and it only felt like 5 mins. It's like being asleep with your eyes open. If you want to grab my attention while zoned out it's no good just talking. I will not hear you. You literally have to shake me out of it. LOL
   
   

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 28, 2009....

  
  I think -  I am just writing it down here because I know you must´ve come to this conclusion as many parents will in the end - one just needs to be creative and flexible, whether it is about napping or anything else regarding parenting. If the girls absolutely do not want to nap, we just zone out on the couch too, and just talk while doing online games, that I have chosen for them.  It serves a lot of purpose, they relax, destressed in the process, we talk, and I learn a lot about them, their ever changing personality, their day, without them feeling third-degreed and controlled because it happens naturally. 
  
  I can´t nap as well, hahaha but I have to be a good example, in this case for Mary.  But the 10 minutes that she needs to fall asleep or sometimes less, regenerates me.  It is like as you mentioned, a sort of meditation.  I have to relax when we lie down together otherwise she won´t, so like with the girls, she helps me to relax as well, while helping them do the same :) siesta symbiosis! hahahaha
  
  
  
  

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 28, 2009....

  
  Oh, superB have you written about your turtles before in a post?... I am thinking of a pet for the girls that are low-maintenance...are they from your experience, low maintenance? :)
  
  
  

• mixednuts said on Oct 28, 2009....

  Why does more seem like less sometimes?

• Hegemone said on Oct 28, 2009....

  Well I hope you've had a good nap Paper!  I loved that last line, that having a routine doesn't dull things, but it paves the way for even more fun and happiness!  I find it to be that way too, when things are all ship shape, the stress melts away and I can enjoy everything much more richly.

• Lucytorial said on Oct 28, 2009....

  routine for me allows me to feel safe and secure enough to fly!
   
  now get some sleep, cuddle up tight and dream of lovely things.

• superbozo said on Oct 29, 2009....

  Hmmm turtles low maintence....yes and no. I find it's the setting up that can be hard. Once done however there is only a part water change once every 10 days or so and feeding. Also I have blogged about it kinda. There should be enough info here to help.
   

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 29, 2009....

  
  mixednuts - different perspective, i think :)
  
  heggies - i need to affirm it a lot, sistah! :) and i have to add, you are a positive cheerleader, not only for me, but everyone you give time here in SC (((huggies)))
  
  juiciness - i have felt, and feel you soar, me lovie! i use to think that routine will rope my individualism in, but i have to admit, that it is doing wonders for me now... :)
  
  superB - thanks for the link!
  
  
  

• queenparanoia said on Oct 30, 2009....

  family may be first but put your self on the list too...

  the captain of a boat needs to be healthy and sane in order to keep the ship afloat... :-)

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 30, 2009....

  
  lol, I was talking collectively queenie :) sorry for the vagueness!
  
  family = we (together)
  
  thank you for your concern about me! i am being taken cared of by the entire family, as i care for them :)
  
  
  
  

• queenparanoia said on Oct 30, 2009....

  i'm just saying that becaus ei know a lot of people who take care of their family and forget themselves... in the end family din ang kawawa... but i'm glad about you and your family... :-)

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Oct 30, 2009....

  
  yes, i fully understand, sistah :) . . . and i also wrote the comment more to underline the message of the blog to myself - as you perhaps already read... the direction of my third year of blogging is going towards: affirmation, reinforcement of positive behaviour, archiving positive experiences  :)
  
  each one in the family is a stark individual . . . this is the reason, even in words, as in actuality, i am encouraging everyone to have the sense of  "we" and not only "i"... i have a blog at the back of my mind, which will elaborate more on that... i am not writing anything as a philosopical revelation, lol... merely collection of affirmation of our family´s goals :)
  
  
  

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