Sleep, Baby, Sleep
People have no idea what sleep deprivation is really like once you have kids. Ok, maybe doctors know what it is like, but the rest of us?
You have no idea.
I knew it was going to be hard, I knew I had two to feed at night, every night but what surprised me is that I never got used to it. The 4 hours of interrupted sleep I got was something that I never grew accustomed to.
Not only that but the lack of sleep left me cranky and moody. It made me mad at the babies because who wouldn’t want to sleep in their nice warm beds with cozy blankets? Why are these babies fighting sleep? Maybe they gave me the wrong babies at the hospital because these can not be my babies. My babies would love to sleep, like me!
Trying to take a small nap when the baby naps can help. But then when can you shower, clean bottles or do laundry?
Having my husband take the first feeding of the early morning helped me, that way he got his sleep and I got a good 4-5 hours uninterrupted
What the baby books never tell you though, is that although your hours of sleep maybe continuous, it will never be that dead to the world slumber you long for, again.
You will always sleep lighter, listening for a cry in the night or someone sliping into your bed taking up all of your side.
A deep sleep is reserved for when they sleep over Grandma’s house.
sleep, babies, toddlers, bedtime, parenting, SAHM, WAHM, bedtime
October 20th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
“A deep sleep is reserved for when they sleep over Grandma’s house.”
So very true. And I never know how little sleep I could get by on until I had kids.
October 24th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Ha ha, how true! Cept for that part about Grandma’s. The few times I’ve slept apart from my girls I’ve noticed that I still wake up through the night and at 6 am. The difference is, I can just roll over, snuggle in the blankets, and go back to sleep!