Open letter to the sleep gods

[tjr42px]

Why do you and the universe continually plot against parents? For serious, just two nights of quality sleep would be amazing. This tease of the occasional sleep through the night bullshit is getting old. If one kid sleeps you feel it necessary that the other wants to be fed every 3 hours. When the little one sleeps for 6-7 hours, you terrorize my big littleman with night terrors. What gives? He's not even four cut him some slack. Tonight you let them both pass out early, teasing us with potential quality time for mom and dad. Nothing huge going on; just hanging out on the couch, but we are too exhausted to say a word to one another due to your repeated shenanigans. Turn in early and get some sleep you say? Fucks no! You decide tonight is a good time for that damn on-call phone to ring. After making a few phone calls I'm wide awake. I'll likely fall asleep just before midnight in time for LO to wake up at 1230 (that would have been a great 4 hour nap without the call). And because you're a dick, you'll probably inspire him to want to play. refusing to go to sleep until closer to 1:30 or 1:45. So, I'll sleep from 2-4:30, feed him again and decide that since I'm up at 5:45 anyway, I might as well just stay awake since it's already 5:15 or choose to go back to sleep and be late for work, which has become the norm of late.

Thanks for the illusion of a "good" night's rest. I've had it with your jackassery.

Watch your backs sleep gods...I'm awake, pissed, and plotting against you...
--TJ

[tjr42px]

Hmm....1228...right on cue

[tjr42px]

And another call...3am

I may have upset the gods. They are definitely Old Testament in their fury.

Prediction - kiddo wakes up at 5:15

[tjr42px]

It's going to be a long Friday...the big little one crawled into our bed at 4:15. Just got up to feed the little one ...4:50.

Although the night was atypical with calls for work, remove those and that's pretty much on par with most nights.

Saturday can't come soon enough.

I try to remember it does get better. Wait, it does get better, right?

[eddiegotsole]

May 28, 2015 21:19:36 GMT -5 tjr42px said:

Why do you and the universe continually plot against parents? For serious, just two nights of quality sleep would be amazing. This tease of the occasional sleep through the night bullshit is getting old. If one kid sleeps you feel it necessary that the other wants to be fed every 3 hours. When the little one sleeps for 6-7 hours, you terrorize my big littleman with night terrors. What gives? He's not even four cut him some slack. Tonight you let them both pass out early, teasing us with potential quality time for mom and dad. Nothing huge going on; just hanging out on the couch, but we are too exhausted to say a word to one another due to your repeated shenanigans. Turn in early and get some sleep you say? Fucks no! You decide tonight is a good time for that damn on-call phone to ring. After making a few phone calls I'm wide awake. I'll likely fall asleep just before midnight in time for LO to wake up at 1230 (that would have been a great 4 hour nap without the call). And because you're a dick, you'll probably inspire him to want to play. refusing to go to sleep until closer to 1:30 or 1:45. So, I'll sleep from 2-4:30, feed him again and decide that since I'm up at 5:45 anyway, I might as well just stay awake since it's already 5:15 or choose to go back to sleep and be late for work, which has become the norm of late.

Thanks for the illusion of a "good" night's rest. I've had it with your jackassery.

Watch your backs sleep gods...I'm awake, pissed, and plotting against you...
--TJ

Ahhh, this happens to me very often.  Not exactly how you described but close enough.  What really resonates with me is waking up at a certain time and considering whether or not I should go back to sleep.  Often I choose to lay in bed in a semi-sleep state because I don't know if he will wake back up and if I decide to go for a run instead, and DS wakes up, DW is not happy with me upon my return.  This morning my alarm went off at 5:45 and though I knew I should get up, I opted to milk a few more minutes of body rest.  After what seemed like a long blink, I looked at my cell phone which said the time was 6:29. In disbelief I looked at my watch which also confirmed that I was running late and would have to skip a shower this morning.  

I generally have much greater success putting DS to sleep and it takes me significantly less time than DW, unless DS is hungry.  Last night DS was hungry, he was fed and fell asleep, then he wet his diaper shortly after and woke up, he was changed and then decided, he wanted to sleep, but not in his crib.  I had to lay with him on my chest for a while before he accepted the crib.