Every night is a gamble. There are a few more adjustments with sleeping now that I have two other toddlers around and a newborn. The more kids you have, the harder it is to get in a nap! When the baby is sleeping, the others are wide awake.
Here was my schedule last night....of course around 11pm I have these high hopes that I will sleep in a bit more than past the 2.5 hours that Isaac allows me. By the time I feed on both sides, change the diaper (how annoying is it when you have just changed him and he then poops minutes later! Grrr! Makes you not want to change it at all, but roll over and just go to sleep again...but, then you feel guilty that you may be starting a diaper rash and it isn't his fault that he is poopy, etc...blah blah blah), burp the baby (which also takes a while b/c Isaac falls asleep 1/2 the time, I then lay him down hoping that he will sleep, but starts to grunt b/c he is so uncomfortable b/c there is a burp hidden somewhere in there)....you get the picture...the "feeding" takes so long at 2am!!!
11:30 pm Last feeding
midnight Grunting begins
2:30 am poopy diaper (Jared's turn)
3:00 am feeding
5:30 am Austin wakes up screaming, "Medicina!" Running a fever
5:45 am Wesley is up laughing at Austin's coughing attacks
6:00 am feeding
6:00 am Wesley and Austin are fully awake going full speed. I threaten for them to go to their room and read books quietly. Jared then starts to threaten too.
6:15 am More threats b/c the boys are not keeping quiet and it's still dark outside! Grrr! I am so darn tired! Go to bed boys!
7:00 am Put cereal in baggies, sippy milks and send them to watch cartoons.
7:30 am Out the door....heading to a Yoga class. Wish Jared good luck! I am outta here!
9:00 am Back at home, boys are overly-tired, baby is hungry, house is COLD (63 degrees) and my day begins
Everyday is a gamble. Will Isaac sleep longer if I put him in a swing or in bed with me or even in the bathroom with the fan on? Can I leave the house between feedings? Will Isaac wake up while I am doing my small errands back and forth? Will the boys continue to get up at 5:30am? Will Jared work 'til 10pm again? Will I ever feel like I am warm in this Arctic weather? When will I catch up with mopping and laundry and feel like a homemaker?
I love my little boys....sure wish I could get in a nap once in a while, or even sleep longer than 2.5 hours at a time. Maybe today I can force Austin to have quiet time while Wesley is at preschool...and hopefully Isaac will sleep as well. Then the decision will be: nap vs. cleaning. We all know what I hope to do, if I can learn to relax and concentrate on sleeeeeep.
7 comments:
Wow those nights are hard ones.. I can remember! Back to the gym already...I'm so impressed!!
I promise it only gets better! Hopefull soon, know that i'll pray for you! XXOO!
Oh honey. Sleep! So tell me, when do these two grow out of eating every 3 hours??? Because like you said, feeding takes so long! It takes 1 1/2 hour to get them both fed and burped and changed. It seems I just get the one down when the other starts stirring because its their turn again! And if they get off schedule then its a wash, thats all I do. If we could get them to go even 4 hours that would be awesome. They were on 4 in the NICU, but now that were home... 3 it is. (yawn). Sleep honey.
Less Exercise. More sleep. That is quite a packed schedule you've gotten yourself on. Give yourself a break. There is a time and season for everything. Now is the time to sleep and rest and love on your boys. Everything else can wait.
Oh, you are not making me excited for the newborn stage. I hate not getting my sleep. I am all about bottle feeding too. Just for the pure fact that every now and then I can take a nap. :)
oooh...you are making me remember what I am about to go through at night!!! Here's to a couple more weeks of sleep!
I laughed with remembrance. Oh how I remember that period of time. It seems like it will NEVER end. But surely it will. I hate those weeks of pure exhaustion. It's all you can do to just SURVIVE! I'll be there in a couple weeks. If you will get Isaac to take a bottle, I'll let you get a full night sleep...Think about it...
Sleep all the way, Adrienne! Issac's not even 2 months yet. Get all the sleep you can! Remember- your body loses weight more quickly when you're well rested... or something like that. :)
I know what you're going through, I'm there, now. Sleeping is my favorite thing to do right now...
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