Days 0 thru 4
Ok, so, my husband decided to be a polyphasic sleeper. Friday March 24 was day 0, his first day of naps and the naps themselves went fine. He was a little twitchy, meaning the adrenaline made him super intense pretty much the whole day and his excitement could have been scraped off him it was so evident.
What were the results?
Day 1 Saturday morning - the kitchen floor was swept twice, mopped twice, the dishwasher was run, 4 or 5 loads of laundry were done and folded, waiting the trip upstairs to be put away. He was a little glazed looking in the morning, but his first nap of our day cleared alot of that up.
judgement - 10! he's happy, he's no worse off than normal, my workload hasn't increased signifigantly and the house is cleaner than normal.
Day 2 Sunday morning - he looks and feels more tired but the night still went well. The hardest part for him at night is that it's boring. One problem, he can't just sit and watch TV, it's too hard to stay awake. A nice bonus is that he gets up with sick kids because HEY HE'S ALREADY AWAKE!!! More laundry was washed, not as much this time but the dishwasher was done again and put away. It's getting harder for him to get up on his own, but luckily, it's sunday, so I just wait a little longer, 30 rather than 20 min, and then check up on him. I told him he should consider napping in the car for all his naps since he seems to be better able to wake up there ;)
Day 3 Monday Morning - ok, now it's definitely showing. He didn't get all of his naps in quite right last night and he had the additional work of our 3 yr old throwing up many times. Laundry was all washed again, simply from necessity, but his other cleaning projects were barely done (because of the 3 yr old's interruption) Jeremy looked pretty bad, is definitely punchy and mildly annoying at times. He is the most awake immediately after a nap and right now his best time of "day" is about 4am when he's awake and conversational.
Day 4 Tuesday Morning - so far, the hardest day. He's sleeping through his alarm, his backup alarm and is capable of simply nodding of at any point. He's got that "whaaaa..." look on his face when you wake him up and he has almost no idea he just slept, sitting straight up in front of Scooby Doo and the legend of the Vampire (both of our boys, 6 and 3 have been sick now and are home from school, resting, watching the big TV) I'm concerned with letting the kids stay home with him while I go to work for my route this afternoon, but thankfully, they are sick and have their own little "whaaaa..." looks going on. yep, Daddy's boys. I think I'll take the baby girl with me though. Who knows what she'll get into with the three of them "resting"
there are fewer benefits today. No dishwasher, 2 loads of laundry, only half folded, none ready to be run upstairs. The foyer floor is swept, but the mopping wasn't done yet. Jeremy is down right tired, but according to the "research" this is SUPPOSED to be the hardest day. He's still encouraged and I guess I am too. No real suprises yet. Cleaner house over all and he's eating healthier!
I still give him a 10 for effort, perseverance and down right stubbornness. my workload is still at the same level (is that a good or bad thing?) so the bad effects aren't hitting yet.
wish us luck!
Ok, so, my husband decided to be a polyphasic sleeper. Friday March 24 was day 0, his first day of naps and the naps themselves went fine. He was a little twitchy, meaning the adrenaline made him super intense pretty much the whole day and his excitement could have been scraped off him it was so evident.
What were the results?
Day 1 Saturday morning - the kitchen floor was swept twice, mopped twice, the dishwasher was run, 4 or 5 loads of laundry were done and folded, waiting the trip upstairs to be put away. He was a little glazed looking in the morning, but his first nap of our day cleared alot of that up.
judgement - 10! he's happy, he's no worse off than normal, my workload hasn't increased signifigantly and the house is cleaner than normal.
Day 2 Sunday morning - he looks and feels more tired but the night still went well. The hardest part for him at night is that it's boring. One problem, he can't just sit and watch TV, it's too hard to stay awake. A nice bonus is that he gets up with sick kids because HEY HE'S ALREADY AWAKE!!! More laundry was washed, not as much this time but the dishwasher was done again and put away. It's getting harder for him to get up on his own, but luckily, it's sunday, so I just wait a little longer, 30 rather than 20 min, and then check up on him. I told him he should consider napping in the car for all his naps since he seems to be better able to wake up there ;)
Day 3 Monday Morning - ok, now it's definitely showing. He didn't get all of his naps in quite right last night and he had the additional work of our 3 yr old throwing up many times. Laundry was all washed again, simply from necessity, but his other cleaning projects were barely done (because of the 3 yr old's interruption) Jeremy looked pretty bad, is definitely punchy and mildly annoying at times. He is the most awake immediately after a nap and right now his best time of "day" is about 4am when he's awake and conversational.
Day 4 Tuesday Morning - so far, the hardest day. He's sleeping through his alarm, his backup alarm and is capable of simply nodding of at any point. He's got that "whaaaa..." look on his face when you wake him up and he has almost no idea he just slept, sitting straight up in front of Scooby Doo and the legend of the Vampire (both of our boys, 6 and 3 have been sick now and are home from school, resting, watching the big TV) I'm concerned with letting the kids stay home with him while I go to work for my route this afternoon, but thankfully, they are sick and have their own little "whaaaa..." looks going on. yep, Daddy's boys. I think I'll take the baby girl with me though. Who knows what she'll get into with the three of them "resting"
there are fewer benefits today. No dishwasher, 2 loads of laundry, only half folded, none ready to be run upstairs. The foyer floor is swept, but the mopping wasn't done yet. Jeremy is down right tired, but according to the "research" this is SUPPOSED to be the hardest day. He's still encouraged and I guess I am too. No real suprises yet. Cleaner house over all and he's eating healthier!
I still give him a 10 for effort, perseverance and down right stubbornness. my workload is still at the same level (is that a good or bad thing?) so the bad effects aren't hitting yet.
wish us luck!
posted by myhusbandiscrazy @ 5:42 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home