I found myself stumbling over the words to the Berenstein Bear books last week and decided I better take a break from blogging. Sleep deprivation hit an all time low. Baby was scoring twos in his little game of Midnight Roulette and for the sake of clarity I’m assuming sleep deprivation and blogging don’t mix. But guess what? I got a 5 hour stretch of sleep last night (hooray, baby!!) and I feel like a new woman. Take that Stan and Jan Berenstein.
My little bean will be 6 weeks on Wednesday and he is starting to wake up to the world…. meaning, he doesn’t sleep 95% of the day anymore, meaning my thoughts that, “hey, handling 3 kids isn’t as bad as I thought” is fading fast, meaning I have like zero time to accomplish anything that doesn’t revolve around my children. For example: thank you notes. I have been trying to write thank you notes for baby gifts for 6 weeks now. The process goes something like this:
Dear Mrs. So and So,
Thank you so much for the adorable…
shhh, baby! Here is your paci. Please don’t cry, baby. It’s okay… go night night….shhhhh
… baby outfit. It was so sweet of you to…….
Ok, baby. What happened to your paci? Go to sleep now baby….shhh, close your eyes…shhh, nighty night, baby…
…. send and baby will be so appreciative that it is not a hand-me-down. We are so excited to….
COME ON, baby! Seriously just go to SLEEP! Here is your paci, now let’s try again. Shhh, baby, go nighty night..shhh
…see you this summer to meet our newest addition.
Ahdkafhas;dkf! Come on, baby. I am almost done. Please let me finish just one note. Please. Here, take your paci… let’s try this again. Go night night.. shhhh
…Did you mention you have a neice who is willing to babysit? Please give her my number asap. Thank you so much again!
Sincerely,
L
silence.
So yeah. It’s not so easy. Thank you notes are coming… eventually.
Natalie
May 20, 2013 at 9:59 pmhahaha! hang in there!! 🙂 I remember feeling the same way once I realized it wasn’t all simple.
dearfriends
May 20, 2013 at 11:33 pmAn old pediatrician gave me some great advice: A) sleep when your baby sleeps; B) use whiskey for teething–pore a jigger full and dip your finger in and rub your baby’s gums and then you drink the rest; and C) don’t wash off all the dirt–babies are too clean, that’s why they don’t have good resistance to regular bugs. Not bad for a guy in the early 1970’s–still works. Have your kids tuck you in and SLEEP–it’s the best gift you can give yourself and your family. I hear that you have a year to say thank you–in any form. Sleep-sleep—sleep—sleep. Thanks for this post–Barb
dearfriends
May 20, 2013 at 11:33 pmAn old pediatrician gave me some great advice: A) sleep when your baby sleeps; B) use whiskey for teething–pore a jigger full and dip your finger in and rub your baby’s gums and then you drink the rest; and C) don’t wash off all the dirt–babies are too clean, that’s why they don’t have good resistance to regular bugs. Not bad for a guy in the early 1970’s–still works. Have your kids tuck you in and SLEEP–it’s the best gift you can give yourself and your family. I hear that you have a year to say thank you–in any form. Sleep-sleep—sleep—sleep. Thanks for this post–Barb