Have I talked about sleep on here before? I can't seem to remember.
Sleep used to be a subject I didn't care much about. Pre-kids I didn't care much, I knew I needed a certain amount of sleep to function but otherwise I was always the type to pop out of bed in the morning and didn't waste anytime laying around in it. Oh how life changes when you have kids. My second born is a great sleeper. In fact he is asleep right now, my oldest on the other hand is wide awake and happy about it. He has never been a good sleeper, it has been a struggle his entire existence. Sleep is now ALWAYS on my mind and I am always trying to find a way to make my toddler sleep better. Put him on a schedule, give him a bath before bed, make sure all the lights are out, don't dress him in heavy pajamas, keep the room cool, make sure there is background noise, and most of all make sure we have one or two pacifiers handy. It consumes my mind. I don't think he will ever be a good sleeper. We co-sleep right now, which is just a fancy way of saying he sleeps with us. If he didn't sleep with us who knows where i'd be, probably in a corner somewhere rocking back and forth because i'm so bugged out by loss of sleep i can't function. I digress....in the middle of writing this post my "good sleeper" woke up and had to be nursed back to sleep rather than use a paci. Anyhow. Just wanted to put it out there. Life I tell you Life. I am thankful that they're healthy, it's just hard sometimes when you have this thing that seems so big at the time, then you type it out and it seems so small. Until next time.
-B
Sleep used to be a subject I didn't care much about. Pre-kids I didn't care much, I knew I needed a certain amount of sleep to function but otherwise I was always the type to pop out of bed in the morning and didn't waste anytime laying around in it. Oh how life changes when you have kids. My second born is a great sleeper. In fact he is asleep right now, my oldest on the other hand is wide awake and happy about it. He has never been a good sleeper, it has been a struggle his entire existence. Sleep is now ALWAYS on my mind and I am always trying to find a way to make my toddler sleep better. Put him on a schedule, give him a bath before bed, make sure all the lights are out, don't dress him in heavy pajamas, keep the room cool, make sure there is background noise, and most of all make sure we have one or two pacifiers handy. It consumes my mind. I don't think he will ever be a good sleeper. We co-sleep right now, which is just a fancy way of saying he sleeps with us. If he didn't sleep with us who knows where i'd be, probably in a corner somewhere rocking back and forth because i'm so bugged out by loss of sleep i can't function. I digress....in the middle of writing this post my "good sleeper" woke up and had to be nursed back to sleep rather than use a paci. Anyhow. Just wanted to put it out there. Life I tell you Life. I am thankful that they're healthy, it's just hard sometimes when you have this thing that seems so big at the time, then you type it out and it seems so small. Until next time.
-B
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