Are you sick of hearing about our sleep issues yet? Well too bad. I’m about to rant some more about it.
We were doing so well, weren’t we? Yesterday had such promise. Liam took both of his naps in the crib without complaint. I had The Resolve to stay strong and have him sleep in the crib more last night. And it… didn’t really happen. Okay, but I have a good excuse! See, I think Harry has given Liam The Sick that he had last weekend. And since Liam had RSV this winter, The Sick isn’t very nice to him and it makes me nervous. Since we’re sort out of nebulizer medicine, I didn’t want to take too many chances so I thought we should have Liam in bed with us last night, so I could keep an eye on him. So after putting him down in the crib to go to sleep, we moved him into our room.
And that, my friends, is where the fun began.
Liam was up on and off all. Night. Long. I’m wasted this morning. Liam is wasted. Unfortunately, he’s still not sleeping well and he’s overtired so this morning’s nap? Not going so well. He’s in the crib, but he’s restless. He’s crabby and tired and coughing and I feel SO BAD. Because I’m 99% sure that my actions have exacerbated the issue.
And this is where I’m pretty sure that God doesn’t answer the frantic, stressful prayers of mothers. Because if he did, he’d have no time for anything else. He’d be spending every minute of every day putting babies to sleep, curing colds, healing boo-boos and giving mom’s ten minutes to stand under the hot spray of the shower. You hear that, moms? We’re on our own here.
This is me. I'm a thirtysomething stay at home mom to three kids. For years I was a stay at home mom to one kid and trying very hard to have more. It took a LONG time (ie: 6 1/2 years), but finally Liam arrived and charmed us with his blue eyes and ginormous, round head. Then we got a shock: I was pregnant again and this time it was a GIRL. Our hearts and home are full at last and now that we're done having babies, we get to relax (snort) and watch them grow (not too fast now, you hear?). Thanks for coming by, feel free to dip into my archives, read my About and History pages (just don't do Jackson's Story without tissues!) and make yourself at home.
