November 16, 2006

Sleep Begets Sleep

...you hear it all the time in parenting circles. Apparently, if your kid happens to take a super-long nap during the day, it doesn't necessarily mean he'll have trouble getting to sleep that night. Some experts say a day spent napping often leads to a night spent sleeping, and vice versa. The same is usually not true for adults.

Thing is, I think the sleep-begetting-sleep condition may be contagious. Last night, my son--who at 7 months has still never ever slept through the night--only woke once. So why was I so tired today? I even followed that other maxim of the baby-care books--sleep when the baby sleeps--and took an afternoon nap. It's not even 10 p.m. and I feel dangerously close to passing out on my keyboard. I couldn't even keep my eyes open to watch Grey's Anatomy. It's that bad.

Did my body get a taste of what it's been missing out on all these months and decide to go on strike until it gets more of that sweet, glorious sleep?

This is all to say that I am far too tired to write a proper blog post today. I promise I'll make it up to you tomorrow, Internets.

Nighty night!

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