What keeps you up at night?

[summergirl1211]

After having one of those nights where I just couldn't get back to sleep, I was wondering. What keeps you up at night? Besides all those adorable squishies and stubborn J12ers, that is!

[lainikins]

DH snoring.

[summergirl1211]

Last night I was thinking about the house projects we have yet to do and how hard it is to make progress on the weekends. Also whether we're giving Riley enough healthy food (or too much food period). It's funny how silly they sound in the morning, but how important they were at 3:00!

Besides the thoughts in my head, my H's snoring and the dog hogging the bed are the two usual culprits.

[jennmm]

DH snores something terrible. Really terrible.

[sunflowersummer]

Jan 26, 2015 9:01:03 GMT -5 lainikins said:

DH snoring.

I'm in this boat as well.

[aylafsu1881]

DH snoring, thinking about work stuff, all the things I have to do the next day. It seems like some nights I am just going in circles!

[mightybee]

Right now it's Paige and our annoyingly loud heater.

[bliz1712]

DH snoring, just overall restless and moving side to side, the dog shaking, or if I am doing enough for the girls individually or is someone getting slighted.

[cbear]

Mentally: trying to not be a hypochondriac over every sniffle!

Physically: DH cpap, the dog shaking, Vera, Elise coughing lol

[xanthepants]

DH and 1 dog snore. Cosette, though PT, is up at least once a night usually 2 to go again. She cries and wails at the time and it's really hard to get her to calm down (I don't get it). So I usually end up cuddling in bed with her, hanging off the edge until she's asleep for about 1/2-45 mins. AS for my brain - sometimes I redesign my whole house. Sometimes I fret about my marriage. Sometimes I worry about work stuff. I'm generally up 2-3 times a night still. Boo.

[Deleted]

My in laws, my weight, my relationship with my mom (at times), money. Once I wake up I can't turn it off. Hope you sleep better tonight summergirl!

[lilahbean13]

Other than the baby and and the big baby...Our dogs barking at every single thing. A bad dream..tv...I could go on but I'm too tired !! ?

[summergirl1211]

Jan 26, 2015 9:41:36 GMT -5 momskie said:

My in laws, my weight, my relationship with my mom (at times), money. Once I wake up I can't turn it off. Hope you sleep better tonight summergirl!

Thanks! You too momskie!

[dmblove]

I can't turn my brain off at night. I usually have no issues falling asleep, but have a terrible time staying asleep. I constantly question myself as a mom, wife, and a person in general. I wonder if I am doing everything I can for the kiddos. I worry about money, the house, and family in general.

[paddyb]

besides Greta, work, some of MH's crap, and money.

[aylafsu1881]

Jan 26, 2015 9:45:27 GMT -5 dmblove said:

I can't turn my brain off at night. I usually have no issues falling asleep, but have a terrible time staying asleep. I constantly question myself as a mom, wife, and a person in general. I wonder if I am doing everything I can for the kiddos. I worry about money, the house, and family in general.

Just a random question- what was your other name dmblove on the TB? I don't remember having a DMB fan over there! I love DMB and went to their concerts every year before LO.

[junkytrunk]

The other night I kept dreaming about M potty training and it kept waking me up. He wasn't even at home that night, he was with my H at his moms house!

[trixi282]

Jan 26, 2015 9:01:03 GMT -5 lainikins said:

DH snoring.

Yep... the worst is when it actually WAKES me up.  Then I get angry...

Other than that there's the lovely back pain and other baby-bump related issues... but I usually lie in bed at night trying to sleep but finding myself thinking about, which I've edited to shorten:

- Things I have to do at work the next day/week
- All things related to house hunting/buying/fixing/etc.
- Baby #2.... and everything that comes with that!
- A/S on Wednesday, and hoping the "spot on the lung" is/was nothing.
- and much more....

Yeah... I think about a LOT when I lie in bed at night....

[mommymadness]

Playing on my phone! Lol sometimes I just really need to check fb, gbcb, house hunting websites, ect when I should be going straight to bed after feeding A. Right now also it is Getting comfortable in my parents guest bed we are sleeping in!

[nesenotes]

Beside the newborn breathing? Finding a house and wondering when the hell we'll hear back from the bank on the one we put an offer on.

[dmblove]

Steelermama86

[summergirl1211]

Jan 26, 2015 10:20:18 GMT -5 nesenotes said:

Beside the newborn breathing? Finding a house and wondering when the hell we'll hear back from the bank on the one we put an offer on.

nesenotes, I didn't realize you put an offer on a house! Good luck!

[paddyb]

Jan 26, 2015 10:20:18 GMT -5 nesenotes said:

Beside the newborn breathing? Finding a house and wondering when the hell we'll hear back from the bank on the one we put an offer on.

 Is it bank owned?  I have hear that it can take forever for them to make a decision sometimes.

[pinkluna]

Honestly, 99% of the time, nothing. The other 1% a random nightmare or something. I worry plenty during the day, but as soon as my head hits the pillow I'm out until the alarm goes off or kids wake up. I probably snore as much as my H

[laurski81]

Henry's wake ups (even though my H actually gets up for those now, they still wake me), pregnancy insomnia that just started, worrying about finances once my H is in school FT, all the shit that has been going on at work, and worrying about having 2 babies to care for come April.

[somethingcleverer]

Usually the kids cry out at some point in the night, getting up to pee, work, money, this new book I'm reading and currently my feet hurting.

[tribute17]

OMG too much. The pregnancy insomnia has started already so I'm out by 8:30 but up at 2:00 every night wide awake worrying. I worry most about my H. He hasn't had any luck with jobs and is getting very discouraged. What is a PhD in Biochem worth? Apparently nothing. I know once he gets in somewhere it will be great and he will move up quickly. He is a rare scientist that is super smart but also very personable and "cool". I realize that I'm biased but come on people, he will be a great worker. Sorry, he is very down and depressed most of the time and requires so much support and encouragement that it is exhausting. I spend most of my free time making sure he feels loved and not worthless. Add on being pregnant and having Patrick and I'm worn out. Sorry, that turned into more of a vent.

I also worry that I will be supporting all of us on a teacher's salary and what that means for me.
I worry that I won't be able to handle two kids.
I worry that I will make the same sleep mistakes with this kid and not sleep again for 3 more years. I go over in my head what I could have done differently with P so he would sleep better and hope I can change for this one.
Ugh, I worry too much. Eventually I just read so I can take my mind off of it and it makes my eyes tired.

[sarahandeddie]

Recently it's money. Since our house is finally under contract we've started house hunting (we're not living in the house we sold). We just sat down and scrutinized our finances. It wasn't pretty so we've decided to put house hunting on hold for awhile and really cracking down on our budget. It was so much less stress to live with our heads buried in the sand. Being a grown up stinks!b

I also get woke up anywhere from 1-5 times a night from the girls. DH also wakes me up when he comes home from work at 2am. I'm basically getting the same sleep I did when I had newborns. I'm exhausted after 4 1/2yrs of this!

[bantyrooster]

Besides the small human that sleeps next to me, that's how my ppa controls me. I get weird, usually completely irrational, ideas in my head and can't stop thinking about them. Lately I have found if I talk to myself in my head about random it makes me fall back asleep faster.

[tribute17]

somethingcleverer what book is keeping you up at night? in a good way or bad way?