Sleep, Blessed Sleep!

The babies go to sleep around 6:30 or 7pm.

Since she was 3 or 4 months old, except under very rare circumstance, Ellie hasn't woken up at all, unless we wake her up until morning. We wake her up at 5am to eat so that she doesn't get cheated out of her morning meal by her piggy brother, Sam. (if she gets up later than 5am, he cheats her out of her leisurely breakfast, we've found)

Abby generally wakes up around 11 or 12 to eat. Sometimes she also wakes up in the 4am range, but often sleeps through until 6am after that. She's pretty predictable.

Sam... Well, he likes to eat, you see. He will eat from a bottle, particularly if I'm not around, but he much prefers to nurse. And so he makes up for the fact that I'm not around all day, by being up half the night most nights. I'm somewhat loathe to try to train him out of this, because I know at some point he'll train out of it himself anyway, and I know he really is hungry when he wakes up, and I know at some point I really will miss this together time with him, even if it IS two in the morning. Sigh.

The last few nights I've been so exhausted I've been having a hard time staying awake past 9 or so. But I had things to do last night, so I was still up at 11 when both Abby and Sam woke up screaming. This did not bode well for the night (Sam usually doesn't wake up THAT early, and when he does, it usually means a LONG night for me). So, Seth fed Abby while I fed Sam and then we both collapsed into bed in hopes of grabbing at least a couple hours of sleep before the screaming began. Funny thing, though... either we were so tired we slept through it (unlikely), or a miracle happened.

Next thing we knew, the alarm went off at 5am, Seth brought me Ellie for her breakfast and then next thing I knew, it was 6am and time for Abby and Sam to eat. A new day had begun. Is it possible that I got a whole six hours of uninterrupted sleep? Could it be? And if so, how is it that I'm still so tired today?

Comments

[the schirano triplets]

yay for you! more than a few hours of uninterrupted sleep is heavenly! i am sorry you still feel exhausted...it doesn't matter how much sleep i get, i am always still tired! lol. i was so excited when my triplets started sttn, but i do have to admit i miss those one on one moments with the babies early in the am when everyone else is fast asleep and the whole world is quiet.

[Jessica]

holy shiznit.

[Diana]

6 hours of sleep!!!! YAY you!!!! You're probably so tired because your body forgot what it was like to sleep and really liked it! Hopefully it happens again!

[Cadi, Lance and our 4 miracles.]

I totally take for granted the 7 hours I get most every night. I do remember how tough it was getting up when you can't even see straight and fishing out one or two or three babies. Hope this continues. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.Cadi

[My Reality]

I hope the sleeping continues tonight and tomorrow night so you are ready for the 5 mile walk!

[hadjare]

Because sleep is addictive! Once you taste it, you want more.

[Pam]

awesome! six hours, wow! i'd get six hours if i went to sleep when the boys did, but ya know, 7 pm is a bit early, no matter how tired i am...

[triLcat]

mazal tov! My prayers are with you to discover ever-increasing numbers... (well, up to 9 or so.)

[triLcat]

oh, and what schirano said... you kinda miss those moments. If this continues, then there will be a night somewhere down the road when you wake up for one of them, and you enjoy that feeding of being all alone in the quiet with just you and your sweet baby glugging down milk. Thing is, it's a lot easier to enjoy those moments when you're not suffering extreme sleep deprivation.

[In and Out of Luck]

6 hours! Your cup runneth over! I remember when my daugher first slept six hours straight, it was awesome. Hope it gets repeated soon for you! And then seven, and then the distant, impossible, hard-to-remember EIGHT hours!

[Cindy amp; Brian]

Holy crap, hooray for six hours. But I totally get it that you're still exhausted. Its like your body wants more once it gets a taste of it. Will the exhaustion ever end? sheesh. You're doing awesome sister!

[Jan]

I so admire what you are doing. You rarely complain, and you are so entitled. So complain away, keep blogging as therapy when time permits, and look forward to those times when life keeps getting better!