Have you heard of a Nana nap?

love my nana naps, when you are up at 6 and dont go to bed until after midnight a little nana nap at lunch time is awesome

Might he meant ‘Nano’ which means a very, very short period of time?

Yammy

Maybe Aussie gran can tell us if it is Australian?
I was really enjoying mine until the bell went,he still hasn't arrived today so I might be having another. It might get him here before it is dark.
I'm afraid where I come from we tell the children to have a Bo Bo's and it has hung on in our family.

How funny Yammy, where I live a ‘Bo Bo’ is the local vernacular for a horse! Shows regional differences I guess. Wish I could have Nanna naps, wouldn’t go down very well at work though 😂

Growing0ldDisgracefully

Been doing these all my life - have even caught myself dozing off upright at my desk when I was working. Power naps was the term then for a combination in those days of a long working day and a not particularly engaging job. Nowadays it's called resting my eyes, or studying my eyelids from the inside.

Strangely when I was civil servant we were "allowed" to nap at our work station for 15mjnutes!! Hardly anyone did. Apart from some stuck up degree types( grabbers we called them!) They reasoned that a nap taken when needed freshened the mind and produced better concentration after! I must admit when preggers with my first I did a couple , I snored and was woken by my section laughing at me!!! Face it it's better than battling on and making a bad mistake in work?

I'd not until I went away with a group of friends earlier this year and one of them liked to have a "Nana nap" late afternoon to get ready for the evening out. She's not even a Nana yet! I love a nap, and have done since my 20s!

I heard it for the first time a couple of months ago; my daughter said she has nana naps. I think it sounds quite sweet

Heard it originally from my DD who lives in Sydney when referring to her MiL who is a Nana. I am not a ‘Nana’ so obviously it doesn’t apply to me. I just rest my eyes around 5pm for a few seconds ……

Been doing these all my life - have even caught myself dozing off upright at my desk when I was working. Power naps was the term then for a combination in those days of a long working day and a not particularly engaging job. Nowadays it's called resting my eyes, or studying my eyelids from the inside.

Like Kate1949, I often have a Nana nap, always have done, before I was a grandmother, and I sleep well at night!

Paperbackwriter

If an engineer said that to me, I'd be booking a different one. Talk about patronising!

Engineers are like diamonds rare where we are, every one is really frozen up. He did phone yesterday morning and came yesterday afternoon with another part.

Ive always called them cat naps.

I first heard it from a relative in Australia so maybe that's where it originated. I seem to be having a lot of Nana naps recently. . . . yaawwn!

If an engineer said that to me, I'd be booking a different one. Talk about patronising!

Hm, have one most days but not yet been referred to as such. It doesn't affect night sleep. In this weather I call it nesting. Duvet, HWB, electric blanket, and music on Lap top ..what not to like?

Yes I’ve heard of it my grandparents used to say it to us too and so do my kids to grandkids about me lol

They also manage to watch television with their eyes closed, even snoring gently, but open them instantly if you change channels, saying indignantly "I was watching that!!"

Mine fell asleep while we were doing Jay’s Quiz on YouTube last night. Claimed he was trying to work out a dingbat (and no, that’s not a euphemism!).

It’s not an age thing with him. On planes he’s often belted in and asleep before half the passengers have even boarded, and he was known for falling asleep standing up when I first met him.

Don’t get the chance as still working full time but will defo when retired!

Hi There,

I too am am an afternoon Nan Napper.

However, note of caution, try not to Nap while tradesmen/ Engineers etc are visiting your property.

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Dooncaha

No but love the expression!

At my age I can fall asleep even in when having a meal and often my cuppa goes cold. I am on a lot of pain and have to take painkillers also I have very little help so blame it on that!
My husband always had “five minutes”. after lunch.

I had a nap sometimes before becoming a Gran. A great luxury now I am one.

Several years ago my doctor put me on medication and when I went for my review I said I didn’t think it suited me as I desperately needed to sleep every afternoon, which was unusual for me. She sent me for a blood test, as that wasn’t a side effect, and it showed I had an underactive thyroid. My mum always ‘had to sleep’ every afternoon. She didn’t think anything of it, it was just her daily routine. I now wonder if she had the same condition.

Meant to say - re nana naps, I've definitely heard of them and don't think the term is age-specific. I don't nap unless I'm ill though, as I feel so groggy when I wake up unless I've been properly asleep.

Sawsage2

I go to bed 1-2am and get up 10-11am but people treat me as being lazy, which I certainly am not, Christmas ready, house decorated and done. I don't nap at all.

I'm similar, Sawsage. I've always been a night owl, and when I worked full time would often be on email at 2.00am, but it's surprising how many people think it's hilarious that I don't get up before 7.00am and see fit to make comments. Why does it matter, and what is virtuous about being early to bed and early to rise?

Yep, quiet often have one 😂😂