6:30 PM Benny has not been feeling well for 2 days. Fever, slight cough. He starts to fall asleep on the couch after Family Home Evening (boring lesson from mom?)
7:00 I tuck Max and Ben in a half-hour early.
7:45 Andrew wakes up after his evening nap. I nurse him while watching Dancing With the Stars. Thankfully he’s not too cranky/colicky!
8:15 Andrew falls asleep again. I, foolishly, decide to postpone going to bed in order to fold laundry while finishing DWTS and the Jazz game with JB.
9:15 I go to bed.
9 something I hear Benny crying downstairs, JB goes to comfort him. Twice I think.
10 Andrew wakes up again for more milk. He loves it. Can’t get enough. Thankfully he goes back to sleep easily.
10 something In my haze I hear Benny crying again. I go to comfort him this time. Max says “I can’t sleep momma! Benny is too loud.”
11 Benny still won’t go back to sleep, so in my tired state I, foolishly, bring him into bed with us.
11-1 AM Benny kicks, coughs, and asks when he can get up and watch shows. He must not know IT’S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. But I keep holding him because I know he’s not feeling well.
1 AM Andrew wakes up to nurse. What the what? Why not wait until 3 like normal, huh, HUH? I tell Benny to come out to the couch with me.
I lay Benny down on the couch and cover him up. JB gets him something to drink and stumbles back to bed. Andrew gobbles down a feeding while I get a crick in my neck as I nod off.
1:30?? (I didn’t have my glasses on) I slip Andrew back in the crib and put another blanket on Benny who has now fallen asleep on the couch.
3:15 My alarm clock rings. I push snooze for probably 45 minutes, then jump up, grab my things and sneak out the back door so I don’t wake anyone up on my way to work. I figure I’ll brush my hair and teeth later, and pray I have matching socks on.
Later I found out from JB the following:
4:15 AM Andrew woke up again. (Is he going through a growth spurt??)
5 Andrew goes back to sleep after some milk and good smiles for JB (thank goodness for that smile).
6 Benny woke up again. JB turns on a show for him and stumbles back to bed. Benny calls out for oatmeal (at least his appetite is coming back).
7:30 AM Max comes upstairs, after sleeping in 30 minutes longer than usual. He’s the most rested and refreshed one of the house!
I’m posting this at 12:30 PM at the end of my work day. From 1-3 this whole house had better be asleep!
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oh mary i'm so sorry!! sounds exhausting for all of you...i sure hope you all got a good nap in from 1-3 today! Andrew must be going through a growth spurt...little buggers...i swear van goes through them every other week...:)
I still have NO idea how you work SO Early and yet....still survive enough to raise/take care of THREE boys or rather FOUR. You always were much better then me!! I think it is your positive attitude and probably a REALLY GOOD HUSBAND that allows you do to what you do!! Glad to see in the next post that you got some better sleep. Just sounds like one of those bad nights that we all experience but never look forward to.
You know, it's so true -- I have such a great husband and I don't tell him enough. He cooks, he cleans, he irons, and he takes care of our 3 boys so so well. He also is so patient with working at home in the mornings. I should write a whole blog post about him someday, but in my head it always sounds so cheesy.
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