We don't have rest time either - *sob*.. DS gave his day sleeps up when I was about 5 months pregnant. Now - I turn the tv off at about 10am, and then turn it back on for an hour or so at 2pm when the girls are in bed. He will generally sit and watch it, and play quitely while I do other stuff (like come on BB haha). It seems to give us both a bit of a recharge. If he is really ratty, I will tell him to go and lay on his bed and listen to a book on cd. He normally ends up staying in there and playing.

Is there anything crafty she can do while you have a lay down on the couch? My secret weapon when I was pg and super tired towards the end was a big container of buttons and beads (big ones so he couldn't swallow them) and he would thread them onto string, or stick them on paper while I lay down. I never got to sleep but at least I was up off my feet. Or even coluring pages printed out off websites. He would pick a heap of stuff to colour and it gave me a little bit of rest.