Sleep, so Overrated
Why is it that on school days my kids want to sleep until 10 minutes before the bus comes, but on weekends they are up at 5am watching cartoons???
I used to be an early riser. I could go to bed at 6pm or 11pm and I’d still be up at 5am. I liked the peace and quiet of the morning. Everything was fresh and untouched. That all changed when I had kids…
My 5 year old is a lot like I once was. She goes to bed when ever and is up VERY early. The other kids are a bit better at sleeping in. I laughed last week when I was having to wake my youngest up at 10am so that I could go to the mall…lol I think my oldest is getting me prepared for the teen years already. She hates going to bed and will sleep until noon if i let her.
Having babies in the house I quickly learned to go on very little sleep. My babies always slept 6 straight hours from the day they were born but even if I fed at 10, they were ready for another feeding by 4am. My youngest had a lot of ear infections and is now having issues with allergies and asthma so is NOT a good sleeper. She sleeps in 4 hour segments I find and then is up for 2 or 3 hours. I’ve learned to live on very little sleep. On the rare occasion she does sleep all night I’m still up until 2 or 3 because ‘I’ just can’t sleep!
This morning like most every weekend morning, the kids were up early. I heard the tv turn on around 5:30am. I’m loving my new satellite receiver that has the antenna on the back so I can use the remote in my bedroom to turn the channel in the living room. I turned on their favorite channel and rolled over and went back to sleep for a while. Tomorrow is a day off from school and I am really hoping their little bodies will be tricked and they’ll sleep in like it was a school day.
I’m sure I’ll get to enjoy sleep once the kids are older. For now I’ll enjoy my 3am snuggles, the shuffling of little feet coming into my room asking for the cartoons on pleeease. I’d miss so much if I actually slept through the night!