My son slept the longest he's ever slept last night, 11.5 hours. Now, you're probably thinking GREAT! Now certainly That Should Make Her Happy?!?! Yep, sure, but what you didn't know was that he only slept 40 minutes the whole day........ugghhhh! I am grateful that he did sleep though! Honestly! That does not keep me from lying awake in my bed making sure all is well, listening for a rustle of the bed, a sigh, a wince, etc. I can't help it! I really want to know who I became this obsessive compulsive worrier?!?! I know that worrying is wasted brain power?!? But yet, I can't help myself. I actually couldn't take it any more at 5:30 am and went and woke him up, he was still asleep, not soundly, but asleep. He's not a cuddler like his sister was, that's not all true. She like to be held all the time. She still asks to 'holded me Momma'.
Her awakening this morning was not as sweet as her brother's. Today she was crying first that her toe hurt, then her knee (that's been a thing lately.... I'm thinking growing pains, or the need of attention). As soon as I stepped out of the shower, I heard her crying outside the door. Baby boy was already with me in 'lock down'.....making plenty of noise to wake his sister, which she does not appreciate. So I hurry to get dressed. Next, while she was piddling (yeah for her dry diaper!), it was the whine for watching a show. Too much television, in my opinion, is not a good thing. So she's been drastically cut down from what she was watching (at least what I've conjured up in my own head) at daycare to now being home with me and Nana.......So she goes through 'withdrawl pains'......really whiney cries....which irritate me to no end. That's part of the fun at home.
I do have to say, there have been several times I've been at home and have said to myself, "this is right, this is good, I should be here". Usually it's when the kids are playing so nicely or when they take wonderfully long naps. What a wonderful affirmation it is to feel that!
Showing posts with label Sleep. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What Happened to Sleep?
Man, I remember being little and wanting to stay up all night. Little did I know what a biatch pay back would be!!!! Is this one of life's ironies I'm supposed to learn?! My booty is dragging so far down, I'm picking up dog hair and sand from the patio on it........Oh, I wanted to be the grown up so bad and stay up, but this is ridiculous.
I'm a lucky mother of two, of whom, BOTH children have been difficult sleepers. I literally could not put my daughter down her first 6 months of life. She didn't sleep 5 hours straight until she was 9 months old, yep 9 months old. I was miserable and somehow my husband has yet to spend the night and be the sole caretaker of the children. No, I don't count being in the hospital having my son and husband spending one night with our daughter..... So this is what it REALLY means to be the adult?! Whoah! My son is of course different, but I couldn't put him down to sleep for the first 4 months. He also spent most nights cradled in my arms. Perhaps part of it was guilt of being a Mom who works full time.....I did grow to cherish those nights with my daughter as I could share the bed with her, instead of a chain saw, who needs to be nudged continuously through the night to roll on his side, so I can get some sleep. My goal is typically to fall asleep before husband does, otherwise I'm doomed and the couch beckons me to stay.
I'd like to think all that baby-holding had given me an awesome jump start on my 'work out' routine. Perhaps at the very least awesome bicepts, heck, I'd even take awesome looking tricepts. But all I got was this lousy 15 exta pounds waiting to be worked off. I hope to start that routine on Feb. 6th, the day my part-time work life begins......the weight issue is for another night.
So, when you ask for something in your prayers. wether it be to stay awake all night, ace the next test, whatever, be very, very detailed......details are EVERYTHING!
I'm a lucky mother of two, of whom, BOTH children have been difficult sleepers. I literally could not put my daughter down her first 6 months of life. She didn't sleep 5 hours straight until she was 9 months old, yep 9 months old. I was miserable and somehow my husband has yet to spend the night and be the sole caretaker of the children. No, I don't count being in the hospital having my son and husband spending one night with our daughter..... So this is what it REALLY means to be the adult?! Whoah! My son is of course different, but I couldn't put him down to sleep for the first 4 months. He also spent most nights cradled in my arms. Perhaps part of it was guilt of being a Mom who works full time.....I did grow to cherish those nights with my daughter as I could share the bed with her, instead of a chain saw, who needs to be nudged continuously through the night to roll on his side, so I can get some sleep. My goal is typically to fall asleep before husband does, otherwise I'm doomed and the couch beckons me to stay.
I'd like to think all that baby-holding had given me an awesome jump start on my 'work out' routine. Perhaps at the very least awesome bicepts, heck, I'd even take awesome looking tricepts. But all I got was this lousy 15 exta pounds waiting to be worked off. I hope to start that routine on Feb. 6th, the day my part-time work life begins......the weight issue is for another night.
So, when you ask for something in your prayers. wether it be to stay awake all night, ace the next test, whatever, be very, very detailed......details are EVERYTHING!
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