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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of 4 year olds don't nap. Mine didn't. You're tired bc 10 months is the last lap of the 1st year marathon, it's totally normal.

At that age, we did things together in the morning. Family outing like park, farmer's market, pumpkin patch, zoo  . . . we often ate lunch out. Then one of us took the younger one and napped when they napped. The other took the older one and did things in the afternoon during the nap like grocery shopping, cooking (child would help), etc. The one with the younger one usually did one hour in the morning with both kids to let the other parent sleep in.

On Sundays the older one sometimes had an activity outside of the house that let the parent who took him rest for an hour or two. Look into things like gymnastics, language school, martial arts, etc. My older one at age 4-5 started being able to read and do arts/activities in room while baby napped for about 30-45 minutes -- long enough for us to sneak another parent nap in.

To be honest, I find the weekends longer now that both are older and on the go all the time. But I guess I'm less tired due to not having just been through the first year of infancy, so maybe it balances out! I know a lot of parents who split up more so both of them get half the day off. That's not us. [/quote]

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