Archive for the 'sleep' Category


I Dream of Sleep

I am coming up to the year and a half mark of little or no sleep.  When I do sleep it is only a few hours at a time and let me tell you I am a woman who needs her sleep.  I love sleep. I love the way it feels to wake up after [...]

Guilty and Sleep Deprived . . . Again

I sometimes wonder if I have offended the sleep gods/goddesses somehow.  I love both my children but the night wakings and early morning wakings are starting to really take their toll.
I envy my husband his ability to go back to sleep in an instant, but I think if we actually had the room he would [...]

Where is a Sleep Guru When You Need One?

When my now 10 month old was only 2 months old he slept like nobody’s business.  He would go to sleep around 11 pm and not wake until 5 am, nurse for a bit and go back to sleep for another few hours.  I still like between 8 and 9 hours of solid sleep myself, [...]

Sick and Tired

I feel guilty in admitting this, but I am sick and tired of baby puke.  I know, it is called spit-up to make it more palatable, but baby puke it is.  There is not a day that goes by that I am not regurgitated on (several or dozens of times) by my now almost seven [...]