Thank God for Bedtime!!

Am I the only one? Do you ever find yourself counting down the hours, minutes, moments until bedtime? E is in that lovely in between time where he no longer takes a nap during the day, but from about 5:00 pm on, I am watching the clock. The nursing diagnosis I have given him (I am not sure if it is NANDA approved) is Manic behavior/related to lack of sleep /as evidenced by screaming, jumping off furniture, impulsive actions, and melt downs. The only action plan for this behavior is sleep, therefore I have become a clock watcher. It is unbelievable what lack of sleep will do to a child. When my kids are tired, my normal, rational children can become candidates for Super Nanny at any moment!!! So, I firmly believe that God invented bedtime because He knew mommies needed time for the house to be quiet and to just have some downtime. Okay, so I know longer feel guilty when I look at Z and we say, only 2 more hours!!!! God invented bedtime. Thank God for bedtime!!!