well, after a brief return to normalcy, sparklet’s sleeping habits are back to being a royal pain in the rear. she’s fighting us going down, and isn’t usually staying down for long.at one point this week i stopped asking God for world peace, and started asking him to focus on letting me sleep.
based on last night’s events, he wasn’t amused:
- 8:20 pm — after 40 minutes of trying, sparklet is finally asleep … but not until a full hour after her bedtime.
- 8:35 pm — ha, ha! just kidding, we’re awake.
- 9:52 pm — seriously, sparklet. go to sleep. i walk in and she is sitting upright, but listing deeply to the side because she can’t keep her eyes open.
- 10:28 pm — the lady sparkler finishes up pumping, and we bunk down for the night.
- 1:10 am — it’s morning in babyland! the lady sparkler takes the first shift and stuffs a bottle in her face.
- 1:25 am — the lady sparkler runs out of steam, and the hollering gets me up and out of bed. i take over.
- 1:38 am — oops, looks like sparklet’s wet through her diaper! and now, after 25 minutes of feeding, she’s wide away and not the least bit interested in taking a bottle and/or going to bed.
- 2:10 am — after tipping sparklet over for the umpteenth time (i swear she would try to sleep sitting up if we’d let her) she’s out, and i start for bed.
- 3:01 am — i’m just about asleep when i get a call from a friend who is due to birth a baby girl in a couple of weeks. my heart leaps like a gizelle. turns out she hit the wrong button on her phone. false alarm.
- 4:14 am — i’m just about asleep when sparklet’s up again, but (haha!) this time she is sound asleep once again by the time i get to the crib. funny.
- 5:01 am — i’m rattled awake when an earthquake strikes suburban maryland. I’M NOT MAKING THIS UP.
- 5:30 am — just about asleep (for the first time since 1:10am) i remember to shut off my alarm so that i can squeeze an extra couple of minutes of sleep in the morning.
- 6:58 am — the lady sparklet wakes me up to tell me that i don’t need to get up. (still figuring that one out.)
- 7:20 am — i give up and go to work.
there you go. independent proof that God doesn’t have a sense of humor. at least, not about sleep vs. world peace.
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2 responses to “what’s next … an earthquake?”
This piece is pure comedy gold – which hopefully makes the sleepless night worth it to get the material. Sending sleepy vibes sparklet’s (and the earth under MD’s) way.
Ok, I’m really sorry your baby isn’t sleeping, but
Holy cow was that earthquake the weirdest thing ever??? It woke me up too. At first I thought I was having a heart attack and that’s why I was vibrating!