I'm a sahm and I totally get in a bad mood when LO takes a crappy nap! Mind you, standard here is 1.5 hours so less than that leaves me basically no break all day.
T woke coughing one hour into his nap and I got all pissy. Then he fell back asleep and I'm in a good mood again 
coconut / 8498 posts
Yes. Drives me crazy. LO turned into a crazy good sleeper around 11 months. Her norm is 12+ overnight and one 2-3 hour nap. Lately, she's been doing 10 hours at night and maybe 2 hours for naps and I'm going crazy. It doesn't help that my pregnancy hormones are making me terribly impatient and moody this go 'round.
pomelo / 5720 posts
Um, yes! DS only sleep 10 hrs/night so naps are oh-so-important in our house unless we want a whiny toddler the rest of the day. Anything less than 1.5 hrs is bad for everyone.
nectarine / 2878 posts
hahaha, YES! I am a WOHM but on the weekends, naps are still a must! Unfortunately C (almost 17 months) refused to nap at all this past weekend except when he was in the car....Fail.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Weagle: 10 at night and 2 for naps is pretty good in my world lol!
coconut / 8498 posts
@winniebee: I know it's totally unreasonable to be complaining about it! I'm just so hung up on what she usually does and my hormones make it hard to be rational about most things these days! 
honeydew / 7444 posts
Yes!! When LO had a bad cough she woke up 10 minutes after her nap and refused to go down! It's brutal.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
Yes! My daughter took a great morning nap, but then lasted 20 minutes this afternoon. I kept getting her back to sleep, but she'd wake up as soon as I set her down.
I'm so crabby, and counting down the minutes until bed.
eggplant / 11287 posts
Nope. It is what it is.
Normal naps for us are 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, so I'm used to no free time, like, ever!
pineapple / 12234 posts
Yeah...mostly because I know I will deal with a cranky toddler until bedtime which isn't fun.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
Oh yeah. And then I text DH about it and share my annoyance with him ... every.single.time!
Naps are God's gift to worn out mamas!
pineapple / 12526 posts
She stopped napping at 20 months. 
I still make her lay down for an hour or so and have quiet time though, because I need the break.
pineapple / 12802 posts
Yep! Haha as others have said, it usually means I have to deal with a grumpy kid until bedtime and that isn't fun for anyone!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Not always. My older one doesn't nap so I'm used to not having long breaks anyway. It's not quite as easy as the days when I just had one LO!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Totally. Or when he wakes up way too earlier, like the past couple of days, it messes with me that much more!
squash / 13764 posts
Absolutely! As a SAHM, I feel like my schedule and my mood are ruled by his naps!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
There is nothing. NOTHING. That gets to me more than bad kid sleep. I sometimes ruin our weekends when I can't relax about their naps. It's a lot better now as a second time mom and not a sahm (I'm just a lot more laid back) but it is still the #1 surefire way to get me upset. But now I rarely let it "ruin" an entire day.
kiwi / 575 posts
Oh yes. At the weekend, I try to take afternoon naps at the same time as DS, so ... if he doesn't nap well, I don't nap well. And then we're both grumpy at each other. Wah!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Yup especially since I'm pregnant and when she wakes up crying and whining, ruins the afternoon!
kiwi / 645 posts
Yes..I guess it is more disappointing than anything. Her naps are the only time I can get anything done!
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