Foolproof recipe for night wakings

This is guaranteed! You can not fail! All you need to do to ensure that your children will wake up several times at night, at different times, is to tell someone your children are sleeping through. If said with any degree of smugness, the night waking will be particularly vicious.

 

I was flipping through the internet channels last night (yay, a break from writing) and I popped over to the multiples board on IVF connections.com and some poor woman posted a note asking “Will I ever sleep again?” By this time I was on my second glass of wine and feeling particularly wise and magnanimous and posted this long reply (long for me) about how it gets so much better (and it does, of course!) and how I was now sitting with a glass of wine in my hand, with my kids sleeping through beautifully. I should have known. In fact as I wrote it I knew I would get up at least once that night.

 

Well, true as fuck, they once again proved me right. Kate did the 11:30-12 shift, Adam from 2-2:30, Kate again from 2:30. Buggers!

 

But ok, I can’t blame them, Adam is teething, molars AND eye teeth and he started walking yesterday (SO damn cute!). So he has a lot going on in his life. As for Kate, perhaps it was a sympathy moment.

 

But the getting better part is definitely true. Damn, my kids are cute at the moment. I thought my heart was going to burst out my chest with pride when he started toddling around yesterday. My clever boy. And Kate is getting there fast. What gorgeous, clever kids I have.

 

Here are some pics – they have this thing where they go into my bottom drawer and try to wear my silky camisoles and pj thingies. I tie them around their shoulders and make a big fuss and they love it. They think they are the bee’s knees. Then I pretended to put Marko’s shirt on Adam and he thought he was the coolest.

 

Happy sigh. Life is really fabulous at the moment. Who needs sleep!

Comments

[Boulder]

Damn those kids are cute!

Can't wait to see pics of them walking around - and you chasing after them!

Sorry about the long night, hopefully they'll settle back in to a schedule once the teething calms and the walking isn't so new.

xoxo

[Julie]

Adam wears ladies' underthings!
Adam wears ladies' underthings!

Imagine me singing that in the most annoying tone conceivable...

Then make it even MORE annoying.

[mijk]

Even knowing I thought about blogging about sleeping through the night for 3 nights made daughter get chickenpox and wake the whole night!

[ktjrdn]

There is a little boy at day care that rubs my legs everytime I come in wearing pantyhose. He loves the silky feel of it. It's a little creepy when it's not your own kid, but kinda cute

[Scout]

It's so nice to hear positive things about being a parent, even if your kids are driving you nuts. We are expecting our first in November and even though we haven't told anyone but family yet I keep running into parents that tell me how lucky I am not to have children. It strikes a bit of fear in my heart, I have to say!

[b]

they don't come any cuter then these two...

[abogada]

Congratulations on the first steps! Kate won't be far behind.

[Malone]

Pictures of backsides are soooo cute. I moan outloud that my 14 mo old dd hates to wear her diaper - but the truth is, she is so cute without clothes - it is so darn fun to watch her, and worth the risks!

[projgen]

My goodness, Adam has a man-butt! Such cute tushies, omigosh.

And yay! Adam's walking! I think if that adorable little man-butt is any indication, he's going to learn to run very quickly - he'll have to, to escape all the ladies who will be chasing him.

[Cristy]

I don't think I got to sleep through the night for a year. Very cute pictures, I like the bare butt ones. I think that's the cutest thing ever.

[Woody's Girl]

Funny, projgen... I thought the same thing! Clearly gender-specific rearends on these two babes. Isn't that interesting?

Ah, we get so used to our peaceful night bliss, don't we Tertia? It wasn't *that* long ago that you (and I) were nearly manic from sleep deprivation. You wonder how you are going to make it through another day, much less a lifetime of parenthood.

And then you strike gold. The kids grow, you learn their schedules and/or new sleep techniques (yay for you, for being brave enough to let Adam fuss it out!), and it all falls into place.

So now, instead of gratefully falling into bed at the earliest opportunity, we subject ourselves to MORE sleep deprivation by staying up later than necessary! Ah, well. At least, at this point, it is our CHOICE. ;-)

Hope Adam's teeth pop through soon, so all of you can get more sleep! Molars and eye teeth are the worst, I think, so don't be surprised if he's wakeful until they are done.

Congratulations on the walking! Soon you will *officially* have two Toddlers on your hands!

XO
Jennifer