AIBU: Exhausted and needing a nap

[PJames84]

I live a plane journey away from my parents and it means when we visit them we usually stay at their house for a few days to a week. I’m home with them now for a week with my DH and DD (15-months). Because DD hasn’t been sleeping well I am absolutely exhausted. So much so that I really need a nap (between 30 mins to an hour) in the day to feel human. My mother refuses to let me nap. If I start to close my eyes she shouts my name to wake me up and if I take myself off to bed for a nap she comes in to tell me to get up. I think in her mind, I am only home for a week so she thinks napping is a waste of time. My DH can’t nap so he can look after DD if I nap. Reading this back maybe I am being unreasonable but I am so much more functional and present if I am rested and I feel snappy and exhausted currently. For context i am 38 years old! And my mother is 67.

She sounds like an absolute b*tch. Why would she do that to her own daughter?
I would talk to her when you are calm and not tired. Explain you are being woken up during the night and you need a nap to function. Tell her that if she continues to wake you up, you won't be staying with her again.

Wow.. that sounds quite selfish.
It would be nice if she let you nap & looked after DD for you for an hour or two.. I would, & am about the same age as your mum.. :-(

Does your mother know you're 38 years old??

Sounds like she needs a heads-up that you're an adult and can do whatever you like.

Well...what do you want from posting this? Unless you stand your ground to her, or stay somewhere else, or nap when she's not at home, it doesn't matter what anybody on here thinks at all as it won't change anything if you don't change anything.

That's horrible of her. I use the time I spend with my family to catch up on sleep all the time. They understand I'm exhausted and get little chance the rest of the time, 30mins -an hour doesn't take much out the day and helps you feel so much more human.

I would take myself off somewhere she can't wake you up easily.