My baby was the perfect angel until his two month immunizations. He came down with a virus that resulted in a stuffy nose. He is waking up three times a night. How do new mothers do this? I cannot function like this. I think I might go a little more insane than I already am and that is soooo not a good thing. How long will this last? Please, return to normal soon.
Even though Sweet Boy didn't need any immunizations, he is also waking up two-three times a night. He has always been a good sleeper. I wonder what is going on to make my good sleepers wake in the night. He had a nightmare the first night where Big T took away his train and wouldn't let him sleep with it. Oh, to have those type of frights again. When I went into his room to check on him, I couldn't find him. He was under his bed. "Why are you under your bed?" "I was waiting for you." Well, that explains it. We had a good chuckle and helped him back to bed. After the third one in a row, we didn't find it so funny. After several nights of this we are becoming resentful. Why does anger creep in when you are tired? I know anger stems from something I did wrong, so what was it? I think it might be that I make Big T take turns with me when I should just handle it myself. Well, I don't want to. I need some sleep, too.
(I've run into a problem. How do I add pictures from my computer? The same screen doesn't come up and I am too tired to figure it out.)
Sleepless and Angry in Enoch is not as romantic and I do not want to be that person. So how do I become a lovely person despite what is going on in my life? If any of you have it figured out, let me know.
Noelle is going through a nightmare phase but she won't tell me what they are about so I don't even get to play therapist with her.
ReplyDeleteSleepless nights are rough. For us it does seem to go in waves---stretches of good sleep and stretches of bad sleep. Hopefully a good stretch is coming soon.
(as for the pix thing---has it changed again?)
I agree with Megan. My kids also go through waves of good and bad sleep habits.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some much needed rest soon.
compared to being an ideal mom the pictures are an easy fix.... I'll never get the perfect mom thing down.
ReplyDeleteand the pix depend - but I find it a lot easier after switching to "blogger in draft" (from the dashboard) and then there are two different upload options depending on whether or not you are using "edit HTML" or "compose" mode...
I hate feeling like you do- those times are hard times. It'll pass! Dylan was up so many times last night with his stuffy nose and cold.
ReplyDeleteBut it's true what those ladies above say- one bad night doesn't guarantee another. When Sam has a bad dream or wakes up a few times we just throw him on our floor with a few blankets. I know some people wouldn't go for this but neither Russell or I want to keep putting him back, and he feels more secure. As long as he starts out in his bed we're good with it! And he does stay in his bed most nights. If it is getting to be a problem you can reward him for staying in bed all night.
So hard to have sleepus interruptus at night! Even harder for me to be kind at those midnight hours. Hope you can all just hibernate for the rest of the winter.
ReplyDeleteMichelle. You just are a lovely person angry or not. Angry wouldn't bother you if you weren't lovely. If you are angry because you are feeling guilty for making Trent take turns with you maybe you should just talk it over with Trent. Maybe he loves feeling all noble and taking turns and if you knew that you wouldn't feel guilty! I'm not really super nice when I'm woken up at night. Sometimes I can find my sense of humor but sometimes it stays asleep in my bed and only the angry me gets up. As for immunizations, I love that they keep my kids and me from getting horrendous diseases but I really, really, really times a zillion don't like being there when they get them. Sigh. I hope everyones sleep improves immediately. We went through a phase like that recently and we don't have a newborn!
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