Naps Are Wasted On The Young, Part Two
May 17, 2012
Meanwhile, not long after I wrote yesterday's post and tried (again) (and failed) (again) to coax Baby Ike into a nap, I realized Ezra was being AWFULLY nice and quiet downstairs. Suspiciously quiet. Like, now-is-the-time-I-realize-he's-decided-to-dump-a-bag-of-flour-down-the-toilet-for-fun quiet.
Nope. He was just really very tired.
Even Ceiba was like, uh, is you dead?
Nah, he's fine. Just drunk, probably.
Ike also eventually, finally caved to utter exhaustion.
Also in a slightly unorthodox location. My children do have beds, I swear. Horrible, hateful beds, apparently. Whatever, I'm not here to reason with any of you crazy people. You stay there and dent your face up all you want.
(Awwwww. I want to stroke that fluffy head, but I won't, because SHHHHH NOBODY BREATHE WHOEVER WAKES HIM UP GETS THE HOSE, I MEAN IT.)
This is laugh out loud adorable.
Posted by: Erica | May 17, 2012 at 02:34 PM
With a backpack on? Kill me dead, horribly cute. Its like he tried to pack up and run away but fell asleep first.
Posted by: Amelia Sprout | May 17, 2012 at 02:44 PM
Kids sleeping in strange places is adorable, although mine has fallen asleep on the floor ONCE. My nephew prefers the floor to his bed, and my kid has to be comfortable and held, preferably.
Posted by: Jessica | May 17, 2012 at 02:44 PM
Wearing his backpack, no less. That never ever happens at my house.
Posted by: Martha | May 17, 2012 at 02:47 PM
Ezra looks like he just fell down right where he was, backpack, sneakers and all.
And the hose is right! My daughter is nearly 7 and I still yell at the husband if he talks too loud after she goes to sleep at night!
I've woken up on my floor with my cats sniffing me for signs of life. Sadly, I was much older than Ezra!
Posted by: Cheryl S. | May 17, 2012 at 02:48 PM
I just snorted out loud at this post. Ezra's collapse while wearing his backpack kills me dead.
Posted by: Jessica V. | May 17, 2012 at 02:53 PM
I love first-time moms are all "awww sweet baby fell asleep in an awkward position. let me move the baby to a comfy bed." With the last, moms switch to "woo hoo! naps! Do Not Touch that baby!"
Posted by: Elizabeth | May 17, 2012 at 03:13 PM
That is just dear. What little sweethearts.
Posted by: Roxanna | May 17, 2012 at 03:17 PM
LOVE!!! This. I can't seem to ever get pictures of my kids like this, because damn, they seem to get put into bed before this happens. I will totally embarrass each baby with the one picture of each sleeping in a weird place, which is usually just the highchair.
Posted by: Lisa | May 17, 2012 at 03:18 PM
PS. we have the same doorway jumper! It doesn't induce sleep in our house, just poop.
Posted by: Lisa | May 17, 2012 at 03:19 PM
Oh my...just love how baby Ike has his arms crossed....my boys did the same....love it!!
Posted by: deanna | May 17, 2012 at 03:21 PM
I am going to leave this place with its crazy non-sleeping baby, gonna get my shoes, my bag, sit down a minute and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I passed out at the bottom of the stairs before. There was tequila involved. I believe you gave the liquor to the wrong boy.
Posted by: Arnebya | May 17, 2012 at 03:22 PM
Just when I think it cannot get cuter ... it does! We have never had kids that nap in our family and have used puzzles and tv to at least get some quiet. Yes, tv as a babysitter. Let the mocking begin.
Posted by: the bee | May 17, 2012 at 03:27 PM
omg. the cute. I can't stand it.
Posted by: Twinmamateb | May 17, 2012 at 03:32 PM
Fresh spring-time air. I think that's what is doing it to these boys.
Mine are turning in about the same time at night and sleeping a bit later. I just make sure to exhaust them/get them to sweat/run them around like crazy-people every afternoon.
Posted by: Sheryl | May 17, 2012 at 03:32 PM
That is absolutely the most precious baby sleeping photo I have ever seen. With his arms crossed and all. SWEET!
Posted by: Lisa | May 17, 2012 at 03:33 PM
omg you birth the most adorable babies. i want to eat them.
Posted by: Carrie | May 17, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Adorable!
Posted by: Melanie | May 17, 2012 at 03:41 PM
Poor little Ezra, walked in the house after school and couldn't make it up the steps. He is the cutest thing, I don't know how you could ever accuse such an angelic child of doing something like putting a bag of flour down the toilet.
Posted by: Judy | May 17, 2012 at 03:52 PM
Awwwwwww seeing that sweet baby asleep in his swing melts my heart!
Posted by: Erika Mitchell | May 17, 2012 at 04:02 PM
Ceiba: Uh, is you dead?
Made me LMAO, out loud for reals.
Posted by: Lauren | May 17, 2012 at 04:06 PM
So, the blog-about-it cure worked yet again. :) I need a mommyblog to see if describing how baby WILL NOT sleep i'm his crib would suddenly fix it.
Posted by: Kirsten | May 17, 2012 at 04:06 PM
Why do I feel like there will be other pictures like this of Ezra in his college years?
Posted by: Anna | May 17, 2012 at 04:18 PM
That's adorable.
Posted by: Korinthia Klein | May 17, 2012 at 04:26 PM
SO STINKING SWEET!
I've also got a sleep-where-you-fall type. I'm about to move him upstairs right now, actually.
Posted by: Becca | May 17, 2012 at 05:25 PM
I love these. My daughter never ever fell asleep any where adorable like that. Apparently she once fell asleep at the counter at daycare while eating french fries, but there is no photo evidence so it didn't happen. Also, my husband and I's mantra when she was a baby: You wake her, you take her.
Posted by: Kerry | May 17, 2012 at 05:28 PM
I would totally take these pics, and others similar that also include Noah doing the same, and put them in a collage photo frame and hang it in your bedroom or hallway or something. These are ADORABLE and not to be seen by just interweb stranger people but real live friend/family people. I cannot stand the cuteness of him still wearing his backpack and Ikea's perfectly adult-like folded arms. Insanely cute. Srsly.
Posted by: RzDrms | May 17, 2012 at 08:34 PM
I love that Ezra still has his backpack on. So adorable!
Posted by: Marianne | May 17, 2012 at 11:01 PM
That's basically the cutest thing I've ever seen. It amazes me how kids don't realize how awesome sleep can be. They fight it and end up crashing mid-step while wearing a backpack while the dog looks on with judgment. See, dogs totally 'get' it when it comes to naps. Kids should be more like dogs.
Posted by: Lauren | May 18, 2012 at 12:35 AM
Ha - brilliant!!
Posted by: Fiona | May 18, 2012 at 04:50 AM
That first picture is perhaps the funniest child sleeping picture I have ever seen. Your kids are awesome!
Posted by: Courtney Tucker | May 18, 2012 at 08:52 AM
Wook at widdle Ezwa with his backpack on!! Must eat him all up!
Posted by: liz | May 18, 2012 at 09:07 AM
How did you resist re-arranging the furniture, drawing a tattoo on your face, and napping in the conversation pit...and when they woke asking, "Dude, WHAT HAPPENED?" You may have missed an opportunity to re-enact The Hangover preschool-style.
Posted by: Nancy R | May 18, 2012 at 09:13 AM
This looks like an episode of The Twilight Zone, where some kind of sleep gas was released into the air, stopping anything adorable in its tracks... Hilarious. (Also: Hooray, naps!)
Posted by: JulesInFL | May 18, 2012 at 09:23 AM
This is totally better than my son, who, as a way of expressing his displeasure at the very idea of a nap, decided to take his shorts and diaper off and then point at me using his baby junk through the slats of his crib!
Posted by: Claudia | May 18, 2012 at 09:48 AM
Adorable!
Posted by: Corey Feldman | May 18, 2012 at 09:54 AM
"Whoever wakes him up and gets the hose" is AWESOME. And so true. I'm a first-time mom and I swear, I've turned into the Noise Nazi: "What's that sound? WHY ARE YOU BREATHING SO LOUD?!?"
Posted by: Emily | May 18, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Waking up a sleeping child is a HANGING OFFENCE in my house.
Just so you know.
Posted by: Dawn | May 18, 2012 at 05:51 PM
awww... so cute. :)
Posted by: Big Gay Sam | May 19, 2012 at 03:47 AM
That's beyond adorable. I have threatened many a soul for disrupting the nappage. One of my kids fell asleep in the bottom of a grocery shopping cart face down, with her butt sticking up in the air.
Posted by: Rachel | May 19, 2012 at 12:29 PM
I have that EXACT SAME napping-in-the-bouncer photo of one of my sons! Sadly, the last baby who didn't absolutely hate the bouncer was, like, three kids ago. : (
Posted by: Jadzia@Toddlerisms | May 19, 2012 at 02:14 PM
This is way too adorbs.
Posted by: Pansy Lane | May 19, 2012 at 02:49 PM
When my daughter was a baby, she never went to sleep in a bed (unless she had a boob in her mouth). Swing, car seat, stroller, floor, lap, couch, yes.
I have so much sympathy for the no nap situation. There is nothing worse than walking into walls due to sleep deprivation, plus not having a minute to yourself all day long.
Posted by: Alison | May 20, 2012 at 02:02 AM
I thought my child was the only one who could fall asleep backwards over a rock! His favorite napping place is the living room floor and you know what - have at it kid! I'm not going to fight you for hours to nap in bed for us to spend the rest of the day cranky and tired. Besides, you obviously have Mother of the Year all sewn up... ;)
Posted by: Jen | May 21, 2012 at 08:47 AM
Oh wow... that sleeping Ike picture is pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 21, 2012 at 04:36 PM
Absolutely have that picture of Little Bear asleep in his Jumperoo. I kind of wish he'd still do that.
They're such angels when they're sleeping....
Posted by: die Frau | May 22, 2012 at 08:52 AM