Okay, I'll start by saying that I know I'm not the only one who doesn't get a good night sleep, and I have had it good the past 4 years. But, I'm still going to vent out a little frustrations this morning.
Since Hailey turned 4, she has nightmares about 5 times a week. Conrad has been potty trained since November and gets up about 5 times a week to go potty and he needs help with his pj's. Jack has been teething off and on since November and wakes up a lot for that. Just last week though, he started sleeping great through the night!
To top all of that off I have a sinus infection and have been sleeping bad because I haven't been able to breath through the night for over 2 weeks! The Dr told me to us Afrin spray to help me sleep for a couple of days. That stuff is the best stuff ever!
As I went to bed (actually excited to sleep) I knew this was the night I had been waiting months for. Boy was I wrong!
Last night was the worst night EVER!
I'm not sure when it happened, but Hailey came running in screaming with her usual bad dream and I told her to get her blanket and pillow by our bed and sleep on the floor next to us. Then at 2:00 she was moaning a groaning about a stomach ache. (We all know how much Hailey loves to poop) I told her she needed to go sit on the toilet and go. She did. That didn't help, but sometimes she will still have a stomach ache. So, I told her to go back to her bed and sleep. (I know, it wasn't very nice, but I just wanted to sleep!)
Before I even got back to sleep Conrad comes in crying saying he doesn't want to sleep with Jack. I think to myself, "What the heck is he talking about"? But, I just wanted to sleep so I put him on the floor where Hailey was.
Then BEFORE I get to go back to sleep, Hailey starts screaming again. So I ran to her room. She was throwing up all over. WHAT THE HECK! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! So, we go to the bathroom to clean up and change her clothes. I was not going to change her bed so, she came back in my room and slept on the floor.
STILL before I got back to sleep, Conrad said he needed lotion on his legs. (He gets break outs from Eczema occasionally.) I told him to go get lotion and I went to put some on. HE IS ALL WET! YES HE WET THE BED!!! And he didn't tell me. What the HECK?! So I got him cleaned up, lotioned up, and changed.
Finally, it's about 5:00 and I get to go back to sleep. (While pondering about the post I am going to write this morning.)
About 40 minutes later, Jack starts crying. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Can't I just get some sleep?! I go in to check on him and I can smell poop from the doorway. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! So I changed his clothes and fed him. I got back to bed at about 6.
At 7:00 the alarm for Bo went off. I went to wake him up because he had moved to the couch at about 2:30. (At least the kids slept though the buzzing).
Everyone was up at 7:30.
To sum it up I changed and sponge bathed 3 kids in the middle of the night (oh and helped Hailey go poop) and have tons of laundry to do today.
I am just grateful I went to the Dr. yesterday because I feel SOOOO much better today!
But I still have the question, will I ever get a good night sleep again?
The answer, who knows! I just think as my kids grow they will become less dependant on me, but will I be up worrying about them?!
The joy of Motherhood. (I really do love it, but man it is hard sometimes!
13 comments:
Yikes! Celeste, sounds like a rough night! I thought Ada waking up once or twice was annoying! Way to handle it so well. What a good mommy!
Holy cow! That makes me wonder if we are done having children!! Ha, ha. Good thing your kids are so cute or that would be even harder!!
Hang in there. I am sure it will only get a bit better...but no, I don't think Mom's ever get to sleep well at night. Bummer!
I know Carley would have kicked me out of bed to help. If I went to sleep on the couch through that.... that is where I would be sleeping the next few nights. LOL
So did Bo sleep through all this or what? Man, I would have woke him up and said "Help!". But then again, I'm a big baby when it comes to things like that.
Hey, I was just reading Carley and Myles blog... isn't your anniversary coming up too? Like in a few days? If it is, Happy Anniversary to you guys!
Bo and I have a deal that I do the kids since he goes to work. It works for us. (I do make him get up sometimes, but he is so out of it that it's just easier for me to do it. He also needs a lot more sleep than I do so I feel bad making him get up.
Thanks Jessica for the Anniversary wish!
You are a good mommy and wife. Bryan and I also have that agreement, but I think after three hours I would have been invovling him. You are very patient! Hopefully everyone will be tired enough today to sleep straight through the night.
we'll cross our fingers
Hope you get some sleep soon. I remember those days when my kids were small and it was impossible to get any rest. I totally understand and feel for ya. Hang in there.
Celeste I totally understand!!! I'm so sorry that things have been hard. I feel for ya. I do appreciate your honesty, I think sometimes mothers don't want anyone to know how hard it is. Thanks, for being someone that tells it like it is! Good luck with your nights. Oh I know that you're just venting but I read a book with Mckay when we had our first. It's called baby wise. I love it. However it doesn't work for sick/nightmare kids;o) ! Tell your hubby I said hello.
I'm thinking that that is way mothers invented girls weekends with no kids and husbands so you can get ur R&R HEHEHE if you figure out a secret I'm all ears!! Hope everyone gets feeling better soon! Hugs
You didn't tell me about this......what a night!! Ummm....as long as you keep having kids you can count on someone always waking you up! At what point to you get your husband to help out in the middle of the night.....that is always my question?!!!
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