She's making me crazy!!!!
Okay, not only is motherhood not for wimps (in the immortal words of SEDW) but it is also not for women who like to sleep!!!!
Pre-baby friends - there are not enough words to prepare you for the sleeplessness!!!
Some women I know have been blessed with sleepers - babies who read the assigned text, passed the exam and were granted thier license to sleep through the night at 6 weeks and never even hiccup during the nighttime hours.
Me?
I have a darling, precious, hillarious baby who in fact withdrew from the course on sleeping. She thinks she might take it sometime next semester if she can fit it in.
Last night I put her down at 7:30 (usually she goes between 8 - 8:30, but last night she was really sleepy). Awake again by 9, awake again at 10:15 (at which time I decided to go to bed), awake again around 11:45, awake again around 2:00, awake again around 3:30 - this time SCREAMING (unusual), I go in to really investigate & find her soaked, change her clothes, rock her, down at 4:45, awake again at 6:00, awake again to stay at 7:30.
I think for me last night was just 2 two-hour naps!!!
This is not a one-night thing. This is almost every night. She wakes up at least 5 times a night and sometimes it's worse and sometimes it's better.
So, girls, say a prayer for miss E's sleep habits and we shall see what the moon & stars hold for us tonight....
Pre-baby friends - there are not enough words to prepare you for the sleeplessness!!!
Some women I know have been blessed with sleepers - babies who read the assigned text, passed the exam and were granted thier license to sleep through the night at 6 weeks and never even hiccup during the nighttime hours.
Me?
I have a darling, precious, hillarious baby who in fact withdrew from the course on sleeping. She thinks she might take it sometime next semester if she can fit it in.
Last night I put her down at 7:30 (usually she goes between 8 - 8:30, but last night she was really sleepy). Awake again by 9, awake again at 10:15 (at which time I decided to go to bed), awake again around 11:45, awake again around 2:00, awake again around 3:30 - this time SCREAMING (unusual), I go in to really investigate & find her soaked, change her clothes, rock her, down at 4:45, awake again at 6:00, awake again to stay at 7:30.
I think for me last night was just 2 two-hour naps!!!
This is not a one-night thing. This is almost every night. She wakes up at least 5 times a night and sometimes it's worse and sometimes it's better.
So, girls, say a prayer for miss E's sleep habits and we shall see what the moon & stars hold for us tonight....
posted by JAB @ 12:50 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:49 AM,
NB-C said…
Not that I'm the authority in this - seeing as I've never squeezed a human being out of a very narrow passage - but have you ever watched Super Nanny? She seems to have some very interesting techniques and may be able to solve your problem. Miss E is almost two and I would think that she should be sleeping regularly. Is she on some sort of schedule? Maybe she is just messing with you..testing to see if you will come in and check on her. That happens A LOT on the show.
Just some thoughts...she can't stay a toddler forever, so try to hold on. However, if I went without sleep for two years I'd be INSANE.
At 11:28 AM,
JAB said…
Yes, love the super nanny! I use her technique of getting down on E's level to tell her not to do something. Of course, she laughs at me while I'm telling her not to hit Bandit, but we'll see.
Yeah, I try the "let her cry" routine and she vomits. It's lovely.
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