Party All Night
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To celebrate her four-month-birthday, Little Girl decided to party. All night. Yes, that’s right. After approximately one month of (pretty much) sleeping through, my tiny thing decided it was time to swing dance out of that pesky swaddle and do the regression rumba.
Lovely.
The quasi-good news is that I passed out for the night at 9pm. So by 1am when she was bright-eyed and bouncing, I had a few choice hours of sleep under my belt. I tried the trusty old pacifier plug, but to no avail. She was wide awake and ready to get wild. So. To make a long story short, I have pretty much been up since 1am wrestling dancing with my little diva.
Alas, the coffee tastes good – and essential – this morn.
What’s even better? Middle Girl decided to celebrate along with her little sis. She woke up about a half-dozen times throughout the night and lucky Husband got to shimmy along with her. Nothing like a four-month-birthday to get my girls going.
This morning? The adults are tired and the girls surprisingly perky.
This morning? We are uber-appreciative of Big Girl and her champion sleep stamina.
This morning? I’m feeling slow and silly and apparently a pinch sarcastic.
Time for more coffee. It’s hard to believe that one day, and maybe even soon, I will feel rested and not just caffeinated.
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How do you handle exhaustion? Do you rely on caffeine to navigate your days?
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I kind of have to laugh because you manage to capture the situation quite endearingly! Starbucks + Aidan = BFF.
xo
You are allowed to laugh. I’m here laughing. Where are we without laughter? As Twain so aptly said, “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”
Oh the joys of motherhood, but really Aidan you have to admit we wouldn’t change it for the world!
Like Kathryn, I too laughed at the way you described the scene, you were the hostess of a wild party
Oh wow. Tough night. Hopefully the celebrations were a one-night-only, not to be repeated until the Girls are at least 18…
Seriously though, kudos for being able to laugh/smile/be funny/sarcastic about it.
These stories of how different Little Girl is from Middle and Big Girl are making me laugh- she’s already trying to differentiate herself from her sisters! Do you think it’s possible she realizes she’s doing this and already trying to be different? Something fun to think about! Sounds like you may have some party animals on your hands with Middle and Little Girl together!
I think it gets easier to deal with nights like this with successive kids because you know that it won’t last forever. And yes, give me my morning coffee please – even without having parties all night!
Unfortunately, I’ve never liked coffee. My guilty pleasure is one diet cherry soda in the afternoon — otherwise, I would be asleep by 5pm every day.
How do I handle exhaustion? Not very well.
Happy sleeping tonight!
I was going to reply to yesterday’s post… and then saw this one about your party all night long… you could be describing a chapter out of my own life. Our 3rd little girl was also very “tricky” and different than the first 2. She would not sleep on her own. She only wanted my husband. I thought I would feel “seasoned” with a third – instead I felt clueless! Thinly-veiled desperation is another way to describe it.
And at the same time, I knew this was our last baby and I wanted to enjoy every single moment. You seem to be doing a better job of that than I did. I joke that it took us a year to like our baby girl. But now (at 3) she’s our favorite
And I really do miss those baby times… sounds like you are doing the best you can – laughing through it all!
(she looks like she’s laughing at you in that picture
I can relate! My baby is five weeks old. I don’t do caffeine anymore, so when I’m tired, I try to keep moving!
I LOVE coffee. But I do worry about over over-caffeinating.
To deal with exhaustion, I highly recommend naps — 20 or 30 minutes for a recharge, after a shot of espresso. Hopefully, you can squeeze in a nap, but I realize that may be tough with 3 little girls!