Yesterday I spent nap time writing a post about co-sleeping. I wasn’t able to finish it, but this morning these two articles popped up on my news feed:
What It Is Like to (not) Sleep at Night
They sum it up better than I could. So instead, here is a run down of last night.
9pm Bliss! All children are sleeping, including the baby in her crib; I’m just going to check email real fast
9:40pm Still on the computer; I force myself to shut it and lay down
9:50pm Baby is awake; thinks she has just had a great nap
10pm Bring out the heavy artillery (nursing her while sitting on the bathroom floor, exhaust fan running)
10:15pm Lay her down in the most gentle way possible; eyes open immediately
10:20pm More heavy artillery, more laying down, more open eyes
10:45pm Finally sleep, and by sleep I mean me laying in the hallway outside the bathroom, nursing a sleeping baby, shivering and without a pillow, exhaust fan still running
11:15pm Baby girl rolls over, I grab a pillow and blanket from the couch, but go back to the hallway and finally fall sleep
2:25am After stirring a few times to eat, baby is sitting up, ready to start her day
2:30am Nuclear option, bathroom floor, shower running, nursing wiggly baby
3:00am Head bobbing in bathroom, move back to hallway
3:45am Awake again, I get up to pee (worst thing I could do), baby acts like she has been left to be raised by wolves
3:50am Very restless baby, sit up, lay down, laugh, cry, fall forward with sleepiness
3:55am Flannery comes out of her room, “My belly tried to throwed up, can I sleep on the floor with you?”
4:15am Sisters playing
4:30am Still playing
4:45am Call for backup; Ryan takes Flannery back to bed, I bring Lowry into our room
5:00am Sleep
5:25am Alarm goes off; I’m supposed to start back at the gym today; not happening
8:47am Phone rings, 80+ year old neighbor asks if I want to come over to watch his grandson ice skate “live on the internet,” I do not
9:00am I get out of bed, AC repair men are due to arrive any minute
9:02am No coffee in the house, find crappy instant, chug crappy instant
9:30am Repair men arrive, baby instantly wakes up
10:00am Bliss! Watching my happy baby chew on pizza crust
Pizza crust for breakfast