Motherhood, give me a break, no seriously, I want someone to come over in the night and mother my children! I was always realistic about being a mom. I just didn't think about the night part as much. Getting your baby to sleep through the night is one thing, but it doesn't stop there. Then comes the teeth. My 15 month old only has 2 so far and it feels like she has been teething for months. Hadley is ill and has been waking up like crazy the past few nights. It really doesn't stop, the night waking.
I need some sanity.
I know being a mom is measured in the moments with your child and you see your impact and how important it is what you are doing. I just haven't felt that in a while. Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?! Where is it?!
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Oh Megan, I hear ya. Sometimes I think, "what the heck am I doing here?" Believe me though it does get better, I promise. Get the blasted teeth in, and things will be much better. Just know there are lots of ladies out there who know just how you feel!
all these little trials are just making you stronger for the bigger ones to come (like *gasp* dating), try not to sweat it, it will pass. meanwhile, keep lots of candy in the cupboard and sneak it throughout the day. candy always helps.
this is probably obvious and you're probably already doing it but nudge Tony more often and make him get up and or GET TO BED EARLIER crazy girl, I promise it'll do wonders. But really advice is always easier to give then to do. Just think one day there won't be any more babies and really what's better then a baby, even if they are crying. Come visit and we'll cry together! love ya
I have resigned myself to never sleeping through the night again. If it's not one thing, it's another. The twins have suddenly decided to start wetting the bed again. They have been getting up and going by themselves for like 6 months. Now, they just pee the bed and then cry until I come clean it all up, change them, and tuck them back into bed. So right now I am doing that twice a night...at different times of the night of course. Gotta love motherhood. Ask Tony to take the kids downstairs Saturday morning and let you sleep in. Randy tries to do this for me and it is a beautiful moment for me. Hang in there...it's better than sitting up at night wondering what they are doing on their dates!!!
Kids are so unpredictable. Sometimes you go a week, and feel like you are getting sleep, then they start waking up at 5:30 a.m. which I do not handle well or something like that. There is always the next cold, or going out of town that leaves them tired and cranky and it is so hard some days, so I hear you.
Meg, we should hang out and share all our troubles :) I have no advice - I agree wholeheartedly! Love you.
Hey I hear you loud and clear. If you didnt know eryn has been in vermont for a couple of weeks. And I now see that I need to do more to keep us all sane. Quick story: I sleep deeply and eryn not so deep so as a result she usually gets up with silver in the night if he has a bad dream or needs help in the bathroom. Well a couple of mornings ago I woke up and silver was in our bed. I asked him when he came in and he said early in the night, well he also went on to say that he tried to wake me up because he had to go to the bathroom and needed help. Needless to say I didnt wake up and paid the price in the morning with wet sheets. Haha, oh well maybe next time.
I know you have heard this story before, but I distinctly remember waking up one morning and turning to Dad and saying, "No one came into our room last night!" and that was when you were a young girl. So the nightly visits had been going on for a lot of years. And like someone said above, it is a lot easier than sitting on the couch waiting for them to come home from that date. Enjoy them while they are young, they grow up so fast and won't call for you in the night anymore. Loves, Mom
Just looking for more news! Can't quite believe that pic of Tony and Hadley at the top. Gosh, when you see kids grow, you forget how they used to be. It is just always them.
That pic is so darling.
Amen, sista! Everyone says the horrors of this stage will pass quickly, but it's sure not feeling like it while we're in the thick of it! Sleep deprivation tends to cast a cloud over everything, at least in my world. So, I try to cut myself a little emotional slack when I know plain old exhaustion is at the root of my despair. We are always happy to distract you from your sleep debt with another impromptu visit. =)
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