{"id":70794,"date":"2024-03-19T17:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=70794"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:03:31","slug":"the-little-gift-for-parents-is-the-childs-daytime-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/the-little-gift-for-parents-is-the-childs-daytime-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"The little gift for parents is the child’s daytime sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

That little gift for parents
\nOur child’s daytime sleep
\nA tiny slice of heaven
\nWhere I can lay down in a heap
\nOr stare blankly at the wall
\nJust being me
\nA brief pause
\nFrom the day’s chores
\nAnd mishaps
\nI’ve cried over missed naps
\nNo, really
\nI have
\nThere was a time when
\nHe would only nap on me
\nThen something changed
\nAnd I was suddenly hands-free
\nOh, but what to do?
\nShould I get all the things done?
\nThis could be my only chance
\nTo finally get my snack on
\nTea, toast, biscuits
\nThat staple mum diet
\nI’ll maybe make a sandwich
\nReally have a riot
\nQuick, close the curtains
\nKeep the world at bay
\nTelly on
\nFeet up
\nKick the toys out the way
\nBut there’s always that niggling feeling
\nThat you’ll wake up any minute
\nI guess that’s what makes it sacred
\nThere’s a sort of thrill in it
\nIt’s been at least an hour now
\nI’m almost feeling sane
\nOh no, I hear you stirring
\nHere we go again…\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That little gift for parents Our child’s daytime sleep A tiny slice of heaven Where I can lay down in a heap Or stare blankly at the wall Just being me A brief pause From the day’s chores And mishaps I’ve cried over missed naps No, really I have There was a time when He\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":70795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"That little gift for parents Our child's daytime sleep A tiny slice of heaven Where I can lay down in a heap Or stare blankly at the wall","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moral-story"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/That-little-gift-for-parentss.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}