Both my children fell asleep in the car today on the drive home from school. They're six and four and have never been much for napping, so this was a cause for a celebration ...
of the caffeinated, skim, double pump and extra shot kind!
Quiet Starbucks drive-through run, oh how I've missed you.
For four years straight I lived in that purgatory of child rearing with children who still napped BUT if they fell asleep in the car for one nanosecond they "counted" that teensy wink as their nap. And then they were exhausted messes for the remainder of the day.
Thankfully, the drive-through Starbucks in my area saved my sanity AND my kids' sleep schedules.
Now some of you industrious individuals may know a secret to keeping your child awake with music and snacks and the sighting of wild game outdoors. Keeping her awake you are able to (safely) speed home and deposit her in the crib.
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