girlfiend

Both children awoke at the same time last night. I heard the close of the door and the little boy feet on the stairs as the quiet whimpers of just awakening started in the nursery next door. The Fiendling made it into our room before the whimpers turned into wails. The wails began in earnest so I tucked F into bed and told him I was going to put the baby back to bed and I’d be back in a few minutes. He cried, “No, take me with you. I want to go with you.” When I told him he couldn’t go in with me he said, “Bring him back in here!”

I tried to settle him but the baby was getting louder and he was getting louder. The longer the baby cries, the longer it takes him to go back to sleep and the longer the Fiendling is up and talking the longer it takes him. Of course Boyfiend was still sound asleep. It took a minute of me saying his name for him to register that I needed him to wake up and help. He muttered something to F about staying bed and went back to sleep. Luckily, F stayed in bed with him when I left.

When I got back into bed F was still wide awake and B was snoring. F wanted some of my water and wanted to know what time it was and if it was morning yet. After ten minutes he fell back to sleep. A few hours later I awoke to a kick right smack in the middle of my chest. F had somehow turned sideways in his sleep and nailed me. Then the baby started crying. I tried to ignore it, hoping he’d go back to sleep, but he was screaming so I got up again and went into the nursery. Once he was asleep again I tried to put T back in the crib, but of course he started screaming at the top of his lungs because it’s a Wonder Week and he’s getting another molar. I left him to cry and bury my head under the pillow. By the time he fell back to sleep I had about 20 minutes before (the still sound asleep) Boyfiend’s alarm woke me again.

This is the norm in my house. If children are waking in the night I am dealing with them. If children are in our bed I am being kicked by them. If children are screaming I am the only one who hears them. I am convinced Boyfiend was dreaming about the two wake ups I slept through the other night.

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