Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Oops.

My little Pixie has not been sleeping, yet again. I thought we had solved those problems by removing any semblance of a crib from her sight and replacing with a futon mattress on the floor. That worked for 2 nights. For the past 5 nights, she has pretty much refused to sleep unless she can feel my face pressed against hers. Then sometime in the middle of the night, she wakes and screams inconsolably. I have no idea what her deal is. She seems happy enough during the day.

I feel like my life has revolved around figuring out sleeping issues for the past 3 1/2 years.

So a smart person who hasn't slept in 3 1/2 years would take any sleep she could get. A smart person would go to bed at the same times the kids do. A smart person wouldn't stay up until 2:15 in the morning, reading.

You know who's not so smart? MOI.

Yeah, I did it again. I stayed up way too late and am now exhausted, on edge, and just bothered by everything my kids are doing today. Why do I continue to do this to myself?

Oh right. Because I really like reading. And I really like having several hours of quiet, with no babies smearing their snotty noses on my shirt and no toddlers hanging on my arm every time I try to move. I really, really like being the only one awake, enjoying time to do whatever it is that I want to do. I like sleep a lot, but on some nights I like this better.

It's just a good thing I read fast, because I would have stayed up a lot later if I hadn't finished the book ("Hunger Games." And yes, I know I am the last person on earth to read it.).

6 comments:

Vira said...

I know exactly how you feel. DD kept me up for 2.5 hours yesterday and then woke up crying probably at least 10 times. I think it's teeth.. or maybe it's another growth spurt, if those happen at 20 months... I can totally relate to the reading part too - Hunger Games and then Catching Fire were also read till 1am in the morning in my house.

-A said...

I unfortunately do not read very quickly and had to force myself to sleep without finishing the book. Now, days later, I still have the lingering headache of too little sleep that night.

And when it comes to sleep . . . I'm definitely included in the not smart category.

diane26 said...

I do that alllllll the time. Apparently sleep is overrated. I mean you can sleep anytime but books, now those things could disappear at the drop of a hat. Especially if you have a curious toddler about.

diane26 said...

RYN: LoL Thanks for your note. I actually wondered that out loud on her OD and apparently I am cruel and need to grow up. So who will ever know the answer to that question.

diane26 said...

RYN: LoL Thanks for your note. I actually wondered that out loud on her OD and apparently I am cruel and need to grow up. So who will ever know the answer to that question.

Tiffany said...

Found you on Diaperswappers and am getting tickled reading your blog...I can SO relate! :)

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