Exhaustion! Clear and Utter

I read about some amazing moms out in blogosphere and really I don’t know how they do it. I only have three kids – not six, not multiple multiples, just one set. But there are days when I just can’t do it anymore.

 

I called in sick to work yesterday. And rolled back over in bed. And slept until 11:45 am. I can’t believe it myself. I haven’t slept that late since I was in college and we didn’t get home before daybreak. Monday night I went to bed at a decent hour, although I already felt kinda crappy. Nothing in particular, just drained. I’m not really sure what did it.

 

• Maybe it was the kid who had to do his first ever book report, and then turned his book back into the library on Friday
• Maybe it was facilitating 2 book reports over the weekend
• Maybe it was the fact that these reports were actually projects that took hours upon hours
• Maybe it’s that little man is not quite potty trained, and refuses to let anyone put his pants back on other than me, causing numerous interruptions.
• Maybe it's that it has been too fricking cold for too long. I did not chose to live in the south so I could wake up to 16 degree weather every day for 12 days straight. I hate the cold!
• Maybe it’s the after Christmas blues.
• Maybe it's that work has been kinda nutty.
• Maybe it’s this AWFUL toothache I have and can’t get grips on and am waiting for money to come in so I can go to the dentist.

And writing all this makes me want to crawl back in bed. I don’t know. I know a lot of you have it worse off than me – but I needed a day to rest and a day to vent and I’ll be better tomorrow. I hope!

 

Just because you're miserable doesn't mean you can't enjoy your life. ~Annette Goodheart

why I can't sleep or why they can't sleep

If I'm able to lay down before my dearest hubby, I'm able to sleep no problem.  I sleep soundly until the alarm goes off and then I decide if I'm going to keep sleeping or actually get up.  If hubby goes to sleep before me, I might as well sleep on the couch.  The freight train soundtrack is just not something I can sleep by - although if already asleep it doesn't bother me.

My children however have every reason in the book as to why they can't sleep.  Tyler came up to me last night 10 minutes after laying down and said he couldn't breathe right.  He was breathing fine - just making as much noise as possible while doing so.  I told him to try breathing with his mouth shut - he tried it - and then said "oh, that's much better!"

Once asleep my children have always slept soundly. (for the most part).  Yes I am one of those few lucky Moms whose children slept through the night by 3 months old.  The sleeping part isn't the problem.  It's the getting there.  See the twins have always shared a room. While being separated at night is something that absolutely terrifies them, being together can makes bedtime difficult.   So here are the TOP 10 reasons to get out of bed - per Nathaniel and Tyler.

  

1. I have to go to the bathroom.
2. I need a cup of water.
3. I like your bed better.
4. The light won't work.
5. It's not dark yet. (in the summer)
6. It's too dark. (in the winter)
7. He called me a selfish hairball!
8. He won't stop making me laugh.
9. He has a toy.
10. He spit on me!

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Why won't your kids go to sleep?

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson