I used to be able to nap in the afternoon with the kids, but now Charlie doesn't really nap. So I try to stay up until Olive's nap time, and then I sleep in Charlie's bed while she sleeps.
Sometimes that doesn't work, and then I usually just fall asleep while I'm putting the kids down that night.
If you fall short of sleep one night, how do you make it up?
kiwi / 656 posts
I tend not to. Sometimes if I've had a lack of sleep for 2 or 3 nights a week, then I will have a lazy day at the weekend and stay in bed all day relaxing. I tend to make up for it in rest rather than sleep.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
Generally I let dh take the reins the next day and I relax and go to bed early.
He's out of town this weekend though and I'm exhausted.. Will be an interesting day!!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Afternoon nap in the weekend, i can't make it up during the work week.
grapefruit / 4213 posts
I don't. I have a 6 month old who only naps for 20 minute intervals and does 6-8 night wakeups. So fun! 
grapefruit / 4006 posts
naps if its the weekend and going to bed an hour early for a few nights.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
Depends if I got time. Usually I wait tile the weekend.
grapefruit / 4089 posts
I don't. I'm generally not a huge believer in being able to make up lost sleep with a nap or a morning of sleeping in. There is a lot of research that shows that in order to remedy "sleep debt", you really need to be able to go to bed when tired and sleep straight through until you wake up naturally, and continue this cycle for a while until your body starts to reset. That just isn't feasible for me so I don't really bother trying.
nectarine / 2466 posts
Usually I don't. Sometimes I'll try and go to bed a little earlier the next night.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
I don't. I usually end up falling asleep super early the next night.
pomelo / 5621 posts
I drink extra coffee. Now that I'm back at work I can't just nap at nap time, so hard.
We each get one sleep in day on the weekend. During the week if I can I go to bed early.
I also pray for DS to have a god nights sleep. At one he still has a couple night wakings. In his defense he has had a cold for two weeks and is cutting a tooth.
eggplant / 11287 posts
I can't make it up. I'm either at work or alone with two young babies (DH and I are rarely home at the same time)
Last night I only got four hour collectively, so I'm DYiNG today. Lots of coffee!!!!!
In the pre baby days, I could easily sleep 12 hours in a 24 hour period!
coconut / 8279 posts
make it up? hahahaha
yeah never have that opportunity.
if it's a particularly bad week of sleep I try to keep one weekend day free to relax and hang out with DS instead of running a thousand errands.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
Coffee and/or sleep earlier the next night. I'm not a napper. I think I've fallen asleep once or twice ever while LO napped. One of those times I was sick.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: hope things get better soon...is w doing any better?
pineapple / 12053 posts
i drink lots of coffee and try to go to bed earlier the next night. doesn't always work.
coconut / 8475 posts
@mrbee: oh sir...there is no making it up.
It's called : a vente from Starbucks and a big sigh to start off my morning.
On weekends, I will nap when Lo naps or when he is with DH. M-F though, too busy.
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