Sleep whenever you are tired!
Lesson #3 sounds like a "duuuuhhh" statement. I mean, Wesley seems to have no problem hitting the zzzzz's whenever fatigue strikes. And it is the advice the doctors give new moms when we leave the hospital (the actual advice is sleep when the baby sleeps). However . . .
Exhaustion seems to be part of the definiton of "new mom." Sleeping whenever I am tired just doesn't seem to work out very well. And sleeping when the baby sleeps seems like sound advice, except that because I'm usually wide awake when Wesley falls asleep, by the time I get to sleep, he's waking up for a diaper change and food! Nighttime has become my favorite time; ironically, I am, by nature, a night owl. However, now I look forward to darkening skies because it means Wesley will sleep for at least four hours at a stretch, so I'm guaranteed at least three hours in Dreamland.
Except for those nights when he decides that 4:30 a.m. is a good time to be wide awake . . .
3 comments:
I agree, sleep is niiiiice :) Mom says I didn't sleep for the first 18 months, I laid in bed and played with my toes :)
All I did is sleep and cry.
Why do you think they give moms 6 weeks at home? I don't think it is for recouping from the labor unless you have a c-section. I beleive that everyone understands that schedules are not for little ones. You do need to try to sleep when they sleep, but it doesn't always work. That was usually my time to get things done, like cleaning and laundry. LOL. Moms will never get to sleep again until the kids are out of the house. And sometimes not then either. All the worry and stress, but we would not have it any other way. Ain't I right.
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