tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post7631997328663733227..comments2023-11-02T09:08:09.242-07:00Comments on <i>Daddy Dialectic</i>: The Death of Naptime: Competing ModelsJeremy Adam Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11733669114207985920noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-19796452328168361562010-12-12T06:14:54.441-08:002010-12-12T06:14:54.441-08:00hey at least your boy took maps. our "bionic ...hey at least your boy took maps. our "bionic kid" never ever took naps and even today, at 16, needs much less sleep than we do.<br /><br />So our graph would be two lines, the B line down near zero parallel to the axis, the A line somewhere above it, trending upwards over time, and r and q basically the same...Chiphttp://daddychip.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-53596275416207923562010-12-08T20:07:26.731-08:002010-12-08T20:07:26.731-08:00I'm never able to take advantage of Little Mis...I'm never able to take advantage of Little Miss's naps, beside weekends.<br /><br />I am more looking forward to a weeks worth of not having to wake up at 3am for a bottle!Chris @ CleverFatherhttp://cleverfather.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-10136532555403237472010-12-07T16:10:27.549-08:002010-12-07T16:10:27.549-08:00Dude -- just wait until jr. hits school. Then nap ...Dude -- just wait until jr. hits school. Then nap time returns.rtb.inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991129961063752156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-5667070279236211512010-11-28T07:46:42.920-08:002010-11-28T07:46:42.920-08:00Thanks for this. My 14 month old is already trying...Thanks for this. My 14 month old is already trying to negotiate his way our of his morning nap. I say HIS morning nap, it's more OUR morning nap. To lose the afternoon nap as well... Nooooooooooo!English Dadhttp://englishdadinnewyork@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-85467205894069798392010-11-23T11:50:45.911-08:002010-11-23T11:50:45.911-08:00The death of naptime... I cringe at the mere thoug...The death of naptime... I cringe at the mere thought of it. For now, I will carry on in denial that my almost-three-year-old daughter's naptime will ever end.dadbloggithttp://www.dadbloggit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-9477071048041587702010-11-22T18:16:30.634-08:002010-11-22T18:16:30.634-08:00I suffer from Sleep Displacement as well, except I...I suffer from Sleep Displacement as well, except I'm not fortunate to get an afternoon nap (I do get to stare mindlessly into a computer monitor later afternoon at work, though). <br /><br />I find that as my twins stay up later, the work I had done when they went to bed gets pushed beyond my productive limits. So I have to stay up even later to get work done. I end up distracted, making comments on blogs I like to read or staring blankly and a computer monitor. <br /><br />Let me know what the scientists find out.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300029433698808229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-67304332519399087112010-11-21T21:22:48.543-08:002010-11-21T21:22:48.543-08:00that was a humblingly beautiful piece of writingthat was a humblingly beautiful piece of writingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-8176704713547231122010-11-21T13:04:29.779-08:002010-11-21T13:04:29.779-08:00One of the first phrases my boy learned was, "...One of the first phrases my boy learned was, "Daddy! No! Wake up!" <br /><br />I go to his room and sit on his beanbag chair, and he starts talking, and throwing things around the room and at me, and then he climbs over my back and falls on the floor, then he does it again, and-- before I know it I'm down in a peaceful land, where even the fact that the unicorns scream, "Daddy, wake up!" doesn't bother me.BloggerFatherhttp://www.bloggerfather.comnoreply@blogger.com