As I think about my life and how I envisioned it when I was out of college and 21years old, I'm still not sure if this is the life I thought I would have when I turned 35.
When you get pregnant the first time, people tell you over and over again that you will never sleep well again. I think I never really took this that seriously and thought " oh whatever yes i will"
The truth is no one really emphasized on the word "NEVER".
When you look at yourself in the mirror and find that all these little creeks and cracks and wrinkles and spots are coming out you realize that the lack of sleep you have had ( for 5 years in my case ) is really paying its toll on what you looked like when you first got married. The brightness and puffy skin are slowly fading. The lack of sleep is inevitable. If its not our baby its our older daughter who wakes me up. Sometimes its a carnival of things including my husbands snoring.
Sleeping is one of those things that makes me really happy. I need to sleep to be able to function as a great parent, a great wife, the chef, the doctor, the shrink and all the other jobs life has given me. Moms always complain about the lack of sleep. It actually gets better when the years go by, but throwing a new baby into the equation and going through sleepless nights again with feedings and changing poop diapers at 3am makes life a constant battle between a good night of sleep and no sleep whatsoever. Have you ever noticed how your husband always sleeps through everything? and in my case I mean everything. This is normal in the book of mommy's that I know. No surprise there right?
Our youngest daughter is sleeping through the night now, and our eldest has something that actually exists called growing pains. When the bones stretch in a child's body it hurts. Especially in the articulations like the knees and elbows. If its a pain that goes away and doesn't stop them from running in school and participating in activities they are growing pains.
When you are a full-time mom, is it fair to ask for just one night of rest full 8 hours of sleep without any disturbances?
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