I'm sure you will all agree that being a mom can be very tiring. After chasing 4 little boys around all day everyday, cleaning up their messes, taking care of their demands, disciplining, etc. at the end of the day, I am ready to collapse. I hit the pillow and I'm out! However, my day doesn't end there. Do you remember this (click)? Well, that's about how my nights are. Unfortunately it never fails that I'm just getting into that deep sleep when one of my little darlings decides they don't want to sleep anymore. No sooner do I get one settled and I'm on my way back to dreamland than another wakes up screaming. Last night was one of those nights that didn't seem to end. Between three of them, they took turns waking up. As I was laying there, too tired to get up and deal with them, hoping they wouldn't scream for an hour before falling back to sleep, I thought, what the heck! Who needs sleep, anyway. I should be used to it by now. I should just resign myself to the fact that as long as I'm a mom and I have kids at home, it doesn't matter how old or young they are, I will never get a full nights sleep. If and when I do, I will celebrate those nights, and just be grateful for any sleep I can get. Otherwise, who cares if I don't have the energy to clean the house, or fix meals! If you find me slumped in a corner sleeping and my kids are running amuck, please just leave me be. I'll clean up the messes later.
My New Favorite Quote:
"All can walk where Jesus walked when, with His words on our lips, His spirit in our hearts, and His teachings in our lives, we journey through mortality. I would hope that we would walk as he walked with confidence in the future, with an abiding faith in His Father, and with a genuine love for others." President Thomas S. Monson
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Ugh, I remember those nights when I would give ANYTHING for the sick kid to just sleep. Would it help if I promised it does get better? Then when you are used to a good nights sleep, it is ever so much more painful, when anything disrupts your sleep.
It reminds of the "babyhood" book I read when I was pregnant with Jeremy. The guy is just exhausted and sees an ad with I beautiful scantilly clad woman on a bed and all he could think of was "Man does that bed look comfortable." Sorry you don't get sleep. You should totally book a hotel room for night and just go there to sleep. Best $89 you'll ever spend.
If you ask my opinion, sleep is for suckers. At least that was my motto when I was going to school. Example: my Senior year in college, I had a full time job (at least 40 hours/week), full time school (who knows how much time that took), a part time intership (20-25 hours/week), and a wife and two children. my days started around 5:00 a.m. and would done around midnight if I was lucky. How did I manage you ask? My good friend caffeine never abandoned me. Hang in there Sharon, maybe someday they'll grow up and move out. :)
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Oh, I was trying to catch a few zzz for you. It was REAL nice. Did you enjoy it too?
I WILL get better. ANd amen to what Bonnie said.
I am having a hard time making a comment. Too many memories. LOVE my sleep now. Wish I could help. Try ear plugs, the babies will go back to sleep...in a few hours.
And I was just going through my pictures and wishing I could have my babies back. One of the things I would do if I could go back and change what I regret, would be to let everything else go if I had to. Enjoying them while they are small is imperative. You think sleep sounds a long way off- but those babies will be teenagers before you know it. ( I don't want to frustrate you here, but teenagers keep you up all night also) Anyway, enjoy all the cute stuff, cause that is mainly what you will remember anyway!
At least I can say I'm right there with you. Austin gets up between 2and 5 every night and Ryan and I tag team for whose turn it is. Then he's up for good around 6:30 and sometimes he's so loud he wakes up everyone else. So next time your up at 5 just think - hey, Lauren's probably up too. :)
Actually, that reminds me of a funny story. I left in the middle of the night for one of my pregnancies and was surprised at how many lights were on on my street. Turned out a lot of moms were up with kids for various reasons that night. You're not alone.
Sharon, best wishes to you. You have such a cute family. I've rewritten my comment 3 times, but this 4th time around I'll just say that I second everything, everyone has said. There. How's that? ;D
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