At 3 o’clock every afternoon, two older girls are done school. I pack up the two younger kids to walk or drive over to their nearby school and bring them home. If Augusta is sleeping, this is a problem. I never want to wake her up so I put her down for her nap early enough that she’d be awake in time to go pick them up. But, if she goes down for her nap around 1:00 she doesn’t sleep very long and she wakes up crying. I noticed on the weekend if I let her stay up until around 2:00 or 2:30 she’d sleep for at least an hour and a half and often longer.
In addition to this, I noticed the worst times of the day for me were when I was getting my kids in the car to go somewhere on time. This was the situation every day when it was time to pick up the girls at school. I decided it was time to ask for help.
Why didn’t I ask sooner? Because I had nothing to offer in return. If I’m driving, I have only one extra seat and it’s the front seat where kids don’t sit in this day and age. I couldn’t return the favor so I didn’t want to ask. On Sunday while Augusta was napping, I asked my neighbor and sister in law if they could pick up my kids from school during the week. They said yes.
This afternoon I put her down for her nap at around 2 o’clock. She napped until almost four and woke up singing a song about Thomas the Train.
Sweet
asking for help is hard for me too. But this time, sounds like it is really worth it! This will make your whole day run smoother!