Zombies aren't undead.
Oct. 20th, 2006 07:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
They're the parents of sleepless infants.
I saw every single hour of the clock from midnight onwards. Most of the time, it took a few minutes of the baby talking to herself before I got up to see what was going on. At 4:15, I decided to try to buy myself a few hours of sleep with some infant tylenol, since Elizabeth doesn't have school this morning and if it was successful, we might all be able to sleep until eight o'clock. No such luck - she was awake again at 4:45 and at 6-something. I got up to her at 6:35, to find a very, very full diaper and a very, very smiley, wide-eyed boo. I brought her downstairs to change her and she's sitting on my lap, pulling at the buttons on my pyjama shirt with one hand while investigating the snaps on her sleeper with the other. Did I mention she's a really smart kid?
I'm going to call Oma in half an hour and beg her to come over for a couple of hours. As of now, I can no longer cope. Several days of sleeplessness are catching up with me.
I saw every single hour of the clock from midnight onwards. Most of the time, it took a few minutes of the baby talking to herself before I got up to see what was going on. At 4:15, I decided to try to buy myself a few hours of sleep with some infant tylenol, since Elizabeth doesn't have school this morning and if it was successful, we might all be able to sleep until eight o'clock. No such luck - she was awake again at 4:45 and at 6-something. I got up to her at 6:35, to find a very, very full diaper and a very, very smiley, wide-eyed boo. I brought her downstairs to change her and she's sitting on my lap, pulling at the buttons on my pyjama shirt with one hand while investigating the snaps on her sleeper with the other. Did I mention she's a really smart kid?
I'm going to call Oma in half an hour and beg her to come over for a couple of hours. As of now, I can no longer cope. Several days of sleeplessness are catching up with me.
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Date: 2006-10-20 11:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-20 11:21 am (UTC)Arthur's been sleeping rather poorly lately, for whatever reason. Jennifer and I alternated with him last night but neither one of us seemed to have much luck getting him back to sleep quickly or for very long.
Strangely, it doesn't seem to have any appreciable effect on his energy. He's currently ransacking the office, with the aid of his portable step. But I have coffee and a dog.
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Date: 2006-10-20 11:53 am (UTC)Irony: she slept like a log for four hours - from eight until midnight - but of course, I only slept for three of those hours myself.
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:16 pm (UTC)If you can still take orders let me know, some co-workers are very interested. But that will mean that you will have to type out names and prices, unless there is a website...
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-20 12:27 pm (UTC)Hope you are getting rest right now.
See recent entry:
Date: 2006-10-20 01:23 pm (UTC)Oh how I relate. And Max is old enough to "know" better.
Thankfully I have had around 6 hours each of the last couple nights. There's a light at the end of the tunnel, dear. And it's probably not from an oncoming train.
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Date: 2006-10-20 03:11 pm (UTC)I am available tonight and/or whenever this weekend to provide coping therapy, in terms of child wrangling, company, cooking partner, or whatever combination you can come up with :)
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Date: 2006-10-20 03:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-20 03:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-20 03:33 pm (UTC)I am glad you are feeling better. YAY! for Omas!
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Date: 2006-10-20 03:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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