I’m sorry the posts have been so infrequent of late. My disposition fluctuates between exhausted and comatose – hardly conducive to writing those fun, informative, interesting and humorous entries for which I am so famousblog entries.
I hate to be a whinger because really, isn’t tiredness part and parcel (is that the right expression? you know for a long time I thought the expression was “for all intensive purposes” bwa!….but I digress) of being a parent – but this is bordering on the ridiculous. I do recall reading a comment from a blog (it might have been from Dooce) from a mother getting annoyed with other mothers complaining about sleep deprivation. Her comment went along the lines of “why is a mother’s sleep so damn precious”.
Let me tell you why my sleep or at the very least a couple of hours of UNINTERRUPTED sleep is so “damn precious” to me:
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Because I can’t seem to get any and like a spoilt brat I just want what I can’t have just be all difficult. *pout*
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I can’t function properly.
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I am really really grumpy.
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I don’t think I have enough milk.
I know eventually the boys will sleep through the night and be able to amuse themselves during the day so I can get a kip here and there but boy am I tired waiting.
I know what you mean. Lately I really wonder what I was thinking getting pregnant with a third child. It must have been the sleep deprivation clouding my judgement and ability to think, lol.
I get downright snarly when I don’t get enough sleep…it’s one thing that can really make a MR.Hyde out of me…
Salaam;
*yawn* I hear ya, or I would if I weren’t too busy with these jaw-cracking yawns that make it impossible to hear anything except the sound of my face breaking in half.
Here’s to sleep!, and hoping, insha’Allah, that we moms all get more of it.
I am just a walking zombie! I think I just don’t know if I am asleep or awake. You get used to it!!! We just hope that it will all pay off one day.
It is NOT fair of these high and mighty women who think that their whole life is OVER now that their sprog is in the world…it is ridiculous.
I read that nasty thread on Dooce too and I have to say that I was tempted to say: well, given that you clearly need less brain power you can probably survive on less sleep
But that would be utterly mean of me.
Instead, I would say that I simply CANNOT cope without 4-5 hours of solid sleep. Even though Jules is sleeping well and truly through now, for the first 4 months, it was TOUGH. EVer since I was a kid I have always been grouchy if I dont get enough sleep.
I also know people that happily get by on 4 hours a night and can function fine — and I am jealous of that but they have NO RIGHT.
And since when were we supposed to sacrifice so much for our kids? We already give up our bodies, our social life, our income, and MOST of our sleep (no such thing as a sleep in anymore!) – and now this high and mighty so-and-so doesnt think we have the right to complain about not getting any sleep?
As for not having enough milk, it is a decision only you can make, but have you tried maybe expressing a bit or supplementing just to get some sleep? I know the nazis will go me for suggesting such a thing, but I am just saying that, at 5-6 months of age, babies have a spurt where they either need solids or more milk.
GOod luck and sorry for this long rant
Salaam;
I think Téa’s right about the growth spurt thing. When A2 got to that point, I went ahead and started giving him bananas. The slightly overripe ones were easiest for him to mash up with those iron gummy jaws. Also, make sure you’re drinking enough water/liquid — when they’re going through that growing spurt and eating all the time, it’s easy to forget to stay hydrated.
Now — sleep! I hope you’re getting some more lately.
Salaam:
I remember when we had a newborn and were really exhausted with the schedule. After about three months, we were both so tired we slept through his crying at 3am, and I guess he eventually fell back to sleep. He slept through the night after that. Maybe it takes that to get past that stage