For most of y'all reading this, Spring is on the way. For us Souhemites (I just made that up, it means "Southern Hemisphere-ites." I know. I'm good. ;), we are readying ourselves for cooler days, hot chocolate evenings, and (hopefully?) fewer cockroaches. In our pre-baby past, the fall time change was a much-awaited event, where we got to "sleep in" an extra hour until our bodies adjusted. Now, it's a cold-turkey change. No sweet adjustment period.
Babies (eek...should I be calling them toddlers, now?) don't care about the time change. There's no, "Oh, hey, Bran, guess what? I know your body is telling you it's time to get up, but really this is now '7-am,' not '8-am,' so just stay in your crib, playing quietly, for another hour. 'Kay? Oh, and Nuala, if you could adjust your morning poo accordingly, we'd appreciate that, too!" Somehow I think that just won't work. And I know there are people out there who willingly, or not-so-willingly, get up earlier that we do with N&B. To that I say: Crazies!!! No, just kidding. Kind of. If I could make myself night-wean Bran, I think I wouldn't be so dependent on every precious minute I could wring for snoozing.
The easy solution, of course, would be for Z and I to actually go to bed earlier, but I think that's just oversimplifying the problem. Or make my little guy sleep all night, but he's just so cute and is getting big so fast! Honestly, I will miss him. Nuala's been sleeping through since 3 months, not so Bran... So, yes. There's gotta be a more complicated, and therefore better, way to squeeze in the same amount of sleep. Or {gasp!} more. So, all you sleep-geniuses, time-wranglers, or whatever, shoot your complicated solutions our way, and I'll thank you from the bottom of my sleep-deprived heart!
And, another "happens to be on a birthday" post. A double birthday, at that: My brother Gary hits the quarter century mark -- woohoo for 25! And our bro-in-law Doug celebrates 29! Happy Birthday, fellas!
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Toddlers? Indeed they are. Time has gone by quickly, they are both cute little kids. As far as the sleep issue goes...good luck figuring something out! I would say that going to bed earlier would seem to be a solution, but I know that can be difficult. Thanks for the happy birthday wishes, it was nice getting to talk to you briefly. And Zach's singing really wasn't that bad...well, at least not the worst I have heard.
Well Fiona Im with you let me just squeeze in that last 10 min or 30 of sleep!! Im waiting for that day when they can get themselves up and have breakfast on there own!! hmm maybe not then they want wont to snuggle so much *sigh*.. dont look here for advice cause Andrew and I do the same thing!!
Have you tried Benedryl? That stuff always makes ME sleepy.
That's so funny that you are falling back and we are springing forward (which is much worse!) I happen to be the expert on the baby sleeping thing: 'put in earplugs and ignore' (at least it works with the dogs:)I'm just kidding in case you think I am abusive to my dogs, they actually sleep with me and unlike babies they will sleep in as long as I want too! I have to actually wake them up and tell them to get out of bed!)
I'm not there yet so I can't possibly give you my advice. LOL
Good luck! I like the reference of "Souhemites "
hi f7z7n7b.....(shorthand).....enjoyed reading your post...it's amazing to think of it soon starting to get cooler there. Your two little bosses are happy to get you up and working whether it be night or early morning... you had your chance at doing just that, trust me! love you all.... dad 7 mom xox
Remember when we hiked Mt. Hood, I think we slept for like 15 hours straight after that!
I'm still bitter...
Mt. Hood seems like so long ago...
Mt. Hood seems like so long ago...
Actually, according to the infant development class I'm taking right now, they are still infants...yep, until they start talking in actual words they qualify as infants...I thought that seemed a little too long to call them that...anyway, I do feel sorry for your lack of sleep. I'm averaging 9 and a half hours a night right now. That's what happens when you're taking one class and don't have a job. It is sad.
Still infants??? That sounds even littler than "babies." I was talking w/Aislinn, and we think a kiddo is a toddler when he/she can, um, "toddle." Interesting info, Tara!
And 9-1/2 hours of sleep a night? *sob!* Hey -- enjoy it while you can, this will be you in a few years ;)
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