It is only my deep and abiding love of all things Cheung that kept me from tearing my hair out and throwing it at the screen as I read this post, sweetheart.

Might I suggest, as gently as I possibly can, that your expectations might be a little unreasonable here? I totally understand about being Type A and wanting things to be predictable. But very, very few mothers can say that their babies slept as consistently and as well as you seem to expect Jack to sleep. (And I am highly suspicious of those Ideal Baby mothers. I suspect them of employing witchcraft and/or hypnotism.)

I think that if you told a huge group of mothers about what you're dealing with, most or all of them would commiserate, and share stories about similar experiences. This means that your current nap situation, while annoying, is not Nap Weirdness. It is Nap Normalness. You should have seen the ordeals I put myself through to get Camilla to nap when she was Jackson's age. And she did not sleep at night, either! Being able to stress only about the naps, and not about nighttime sleep, is a luxury I would have paid a good amount of money for. Still would pay money for, actually.

Ooooh, I'm sounding bitter. Probably because I am, as a matter of fact, bitter. Also incredibly sleep deprived, since I have slept six hours in a row only half a dozen times in eighteen months. (And yes, writing that makes me want to cry.) But please don't take this post as a sign of any decrease in my eternal love for you, dear Maggie. I just think you have a lot to gain by chilling a little bit, you know?