Ah sleep! It’s only when you’ve been ripped from your bed by
a high-pitched baby cry that you realise just how delicious sleep is. But let’s
face it, it’s very doubtful you’re getting enough. I’m by no means a sleep
expert but here are 5 things I know to be true…
- As much as you love your baby, if you’re woken up by their cry at 3am, it’s the equivalent of someone taking a cheese-grater to your brain.
- If your baby is awake, gurgling away, and you enter their room and make eye contact with them then that’s it. Game over. They will lock eyes with you, reach into your soul and steal your peaceful night’s sleep, like a mini baby-grow wearing ninja.
- As much as you dearly love your partner, you will wonder what you ever did to deserve one that a) falls back to sleep straight away once the baby is back down while you lie awake for hours on end b) snores c) breathes loudly d) breathes at a normal volume but just annoyingly so.
- Your bladder is NOT your friend. You’ve finally got the baby down, you’ve crawled back to your bed, wrapped yourself up in your warm and snuggly duvet looking forward to returing to the land of nod and OH FOR THE LOVE OF CRAP you now need a wee!
- That first cup of tea or coffee after a sleepless night is nothing short of exquisite. Like the nectar of the Gods.
(p.s it DOES get better!)
All of this is true! I'm so sleep deprived after only 2 hours sleep last night and yes, I did need the loo when I finally made it to bed! #Honeybeelinky
ReplyDeleteAll so true, that first morning cup of tea is a god send #MMBC
ReplyDelete4 years on and I have to say I dont think sleep deprivation goes away! Yes it gets better, but you never really feel rest do you.. Oh well, at least we're not alone ;-)
ReplyDeleteHa! most of this still rings true over 2.5 years in zzzz I think it might get better when she leaves home?! #HoneybeeLinky
ReplyDeleteJust to add, i hate when my husband doesn't hear the baby crying in the monitor. How is that possible?
ReplyDeleteI wake up to the sound of her yawning.
#dreamteam
Yes! All these things :-) And I'm still waiting for it to get better. One day! Someone tell me it does?? Oh and yes, that first hot drink of the day. Bliss! Thank you for joining us for the #DreamTeam xx
ReplyDeleteOh, this is so apt for me right now! I actually have a husband who doesn't just get straight back to sleep, he never actually wakes up! Doesn't bat an eyelid. I quietly seethe! And the eye contact thing is so true - it's like they sense your weakness and just pounce. I'm looking forward to it getting better! Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteI hope you dont mind me joining in as my babies are grown and flown. But I can empathise because of perimenopause. It really does feel worse when your partner falls asleep on a whim..!! haha x #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteSo so true. I could have written this post! #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the needing a pee early morning when everyone else is still asleep. Thankfully I'm well past this stage, but I go to sleep very late at night so am still fairly sleep deprived when I still wake at 6.35 #sharingthebloglove
ReplyDeleteLack of sleep is still my hardest thing in parenthood. If you get sleep you shouldnt say 'I slept like a baby', it should be 'I slept like a cat'! #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteI used to wait for that first cuppa until Ben's first nap. it was usually around 9ish and by the time i got up, gave him a bottle, changed him etc it was nap time. Literally better than an orgasm hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteRemind me why I thought another one was a good idea? hahaha! #sharingthebloglove
Oh this has been my life for the last 7 and a half years! #sharingthebloglove
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