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Who needs sleep? September 28, 2005

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , trackback

Oh My G-d. My children are Leonardo DiVinci on STEROIDS! He only slept 4 hours a night? Ha! These two can get by on 2 hours… COMBINED.. Shit, there goes Luna. Better go get her..ok, I’m back.

I left work at 4:30. I even stopped by the Mission Planning office to swipe some chocolate, KNOWING I would need it. I am near tears here. I got Luna down to bed at 7:45. I thought I did well. They both were happy and playing before bed. We watched Sawga on Demand (Thank you comcast for ONE thing you got right) and then I popped in a Clifford DVD for Soleil while I got Luna down. Soleil took longer. At this point, (10:15pm) Luna has been up 4 times. Soleil 2. We’ve had potty breaks, Joe-o’s (like cheerios), crying little one, crying mommy.

I should be stronger than this. Why do two small children turn me into a mess at night? I swear up and down that I know that I did nothing wrong in sleep habits. I even had the thought of calling up my BIL and telling him to come on over and take care of my kids and put them to bed while I go have a drink and relax. Soleil really is testing growing up. She asked for a sippy tonight. I kid you not. The girl who loves her bottle asked for a sippy to go to bed with. It could be because we talked about trading her bottles for a magnifying glass today. Or she could be getting the fact that she is growing up.

Luna is on a mental roll. She correctly handed Dad the blocks that he asked for by color. She got red, blue, yellow and green correct on the first try. wow. She is saying more and more words by the day. You do have to listen to hear them, but I think between her molars and her vocabulary, this girl can’t stop her brain and therefore can’t sleep.

I dream of those children who drift off to sleep, their eyelids fluttering, their breathing slowing while mommy and daddy watch from the doorway. I imagine how wonderful a full night’s sleep would be night after night. I know these children exist. I hear about them all of the time.

I know, I know. In a few more years, sleep will come again. I know that I will get my groove back. But for now, this is one tired mamma.

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