And then there is the big one. She has always been a good nighttime sleeper; she's slept through the night since she was about three months old. Give the child a bottle and a snuggle, and she was down for the count. But now? She's up in the middle of the night too -- some kind of nightmare or separation anxiety or something. At 3:15 this morning, not even Dada could do the trick, so I finished feeding the little one then moved into trying to soothe the big one. We were both up from about 3 on with just a few winks of sleep until it was time to arise at 6.
I know they always say this part doesn't last forever, but it sure seems like it will, especially in those slow-crawling early-morning hours. At least they're not lonely for me; I get to share them with my husband and beautiful girls.
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Not that it makes you feel any more rested (!), but I bet your oldest (not sure if we can use names here!) is getting ready to make some big developmental leap. This will pass - really it will. Meantime, put on a pot of coffee! ;-)
I remember this period. Both ours didn't really sleep through the night until 6-9 months. And even after that we, would go through several days or a whole week of relapse.
All I remember is that you are on auto-pilot. When in doubt: sleep or rest. You gotta eat, gotta go to the bathroom every once in a while, and even take care of hygiene. But otherwise, if you have 10 minutes: sleep.
I think this is where Katheryn and I started thinking of our lives in phases. We have the baby-no-sleep phase, we have diaper phase, we have school children phase. At some point, we will have go-see-a-movie and get-a-drink phase again.
We just highlighted this post over at Baby Bunching this week. Sleep issues are so difficult, especially with the big kids. It won't last forever--like you said--but it makes the day hard to handle.
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