A lot of moms stress about getting their babies on a nap schedule. They want to set a routine so the kids know what to rely on and so parents can organize their days.

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But this mom is less worried about teaching her babies how to nap than about teaching herself.

I aim to be supermom, but I'm tired. I would love to have a little catnap during the day to catch up. My kids seem pretty happy after a nice snooze, so won't I be?

But napping is not my strong suit. I have a hard time sleeping when it's light out. It feels lazy and such a waste of time when there is so much to do.

My mom tells me that in preschool I never slept during naptime. Even as a baby I would lie in my crib and babble. I've always been early to bed, early to rise, so I guess I may not need the extra shuteye.

These days, though, I only get to sleep after the babies do and have to hope that they sleep as long as possible before I'm up again. They sleep in long stretches, but my eyes are tired and growing bags as they get hours and hours of baby beauty rest. Part of the problem is I don't have much down time during the day.

Everything I read about being a new mom tells me to nap when the children nap. It's impossible. Who's going to do the laundry? Make baby bottles? Vacuum? All those fun tasks that need to get done when I'm awake. Not to mention the freelance work I'm tackling.

That precious time is for getting stuff done, and I don't even feel like I'm getting close to being productive enough.

I also have two babies who don't always sleep simultaneously, so while one sleeps I get special alone time with the other. And if they happen to sleep at the same time, I never know when they are going to wake up and interrupt my work.

I know people who swear by 30-minute power naps to rejuvenate. My husband who can lie down on the couch and be asleep within minutes. If I'm lucky to fall asleep, it's for hours at a time, not minutes. In college when I would pull an all-nighter or get home at 4 a.m. after a great night out, and I could sleep during the day for hours, only to wake up feeling worse than when I started.

Since there are so many great naps to be had, I figure the online experts will offer me some good tips. Apparently, a key ingredient in a good nap is clearing the mind of all the distractions. I could do one task before I nap and then have a little room in my mind to chill.

I have to wear something comfortable, turn off the TV, throw on some white noise and take a trip to snoozetown. The great nappers of the world say to set an alarm for 30 minutes so my nap doesn't turn into a deep sleep.

It sounds pretty easy to do. Yet I still have that nagging notion that a nap is for lazy people. I feel like Jabba the Hutt lying around in bed when piles of laundry await me.

However, apparently if I nap I will be more productive afterward, rather than constantly running on auto pilot around the house. The National Sleep Foundation says that naps "can restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents."

So maybe if I nap I won't turn into a sloth, but rather a better mom who will spill fewer bottles and be more efficient all around.

Maybe it's worth a shot. The next time the babies decide it's time to visit dreamland I'm taking the trip with them.

The laundry will be there when I wake up.

Laura Lewis Brown is the mother of infant twins. Her column usually appears every other Thursday.