Thursday, March 26, 2009

Sleep is overrated.

At least that's what my 2-year old believes. She has never been a good sleeper and has never consistantly slept through the night. At this point, I am attempting to bribe her to get her to stay asleep all night, but even that so far is not working out for me. Add in a newborn waking every three hours and mommy doesn't get much sleep between the two of them. Here's a rare moment when they were both sleeping at the same time:

Not sure if you can tell by the photo, but Katelynn had crashed in our bed after waking up in her bed twice. I went downstairs to finish cleaning before going to bed and found her laying the across the bed below all the pillows. So much for a king size bed being big enough for two! :-)

(Disclosure: I can't post this picture without mentioning that I spent over two years sitting awake time after time, night after night in Katelynn's room to avoid her ever getting in the habit of sleeping in our bed only to have it all be worthless once I had Justin. There are just too many times when I'm trying to get him back to sleep or feeding him where she wakes and I can't go in her room so this is what we have resorted to!)

And here's Justin sleeping peacefully in the bassinett. I wish I could tell you he stays here all night long, but that's not the case either. He tends to end up in bed with me.. and most of the time Katelynn before morning.

2 comments:

  1. I love looking at pictures of sleeping babies - they just look so peaceful! I hope your nights get better.

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  2. Don't feel bad - I've struggled with the same thing with Nathan. The past few months, he has started coming into our room right about the time when I'm in that incredibly deep sleep and have no idea what is going on. So... I wake up every morning smashed against the wall. We have a king size bed, too, but you really wouldn't know it by looking at me!

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