Lack of Self-Discipline for a Schedule - ???

As of today, I have had 5 people tell me either about the Babywise book or about putting my kids on a schedule, which is the gist of the Babywise book.
I now feel that if I don't get my kids on some kind of a schedule that I won't have the right to complain or that I would be like the guy who drowned and got to heaven asking God why He didn't save him and the answer was that God sent several people to save him, but the man refused the help.

You see, Brett is a good sleeper...at night. Thank God! But, the trade-off is that he is up all day, with maybe a 30 minute cat nap in the morning and in the afternoon. I'm sure that many Moms would love to have their babies sleep all night long, and maybe I am asking to have my cake and eat it too, but I'm sleeping during the night too, so unless I don't want to get anything done during the day, I need him to take longer than a 30 minute nap.

Since he wants to be held most of the time when he is awake, I don't seem to be very productive during the day. Things are getting a little better because he can sit up now and is starting to creep and crawl. He likes to play cars with Garrett and thinks that he is big stuff when he is in Garrett's room playing with him. That buys me about 5-10 minutes until Garrett thinks that he needs to throw the car at Brett's head, put a pillow or blanket over his head or push him over, etc. - you get the picture - brotherly love at its best!

I was thinking about it today and I believe part of my resistance (or maybe the majority of it) is that I do not want to be put on a schedule. Putting them on a schedule means that I have to have the self-discipline to make their schedule work. Now, I come from a family of union workers and most of them punched a time clock. I, however, did not follow down that same road. In fact, I recall at an earlier age making the statement that I would not make it in a career that I had to punch a time clock.

Creating a schedule and sticking to it feels like punching a time clock to me - it does not sound appealing at all. But, I feel that at this point in my life, I am being nudged, maybe even pushed, to grow (change) in this area. Having a schedule and sticking to it would make my life run much more smoothly, at least in theory it seems that it would.

For example, one of my friends gets up very early, I think she told me at 5:30am everyday, to get some things done before her kids get up. If I would be disciplined and do that everyday I could get some of my paperwork and EXERCISE completed without any interruptions. My excuse - I don't like to get up that early in the morning. But, with 2 little boys, that is about the only time I have to myself, unless it is after they go to bed and by that time my energy level is at zero or in the red zone. One of the benefits of putting them on a schedule, I've been told, would be that I get time to myself to get things done, to read, or to just sit down and relax (haha) for a few moments during the day.

As I'm typing this, the little small voice inside of me is saying..."stop making excuses and do what you know is good for you."

Feels like God is tapping me on my shoulder telling me that I may not always like, understand or agree with His plan, but that His way is always the BEST way!