This week has been tough in terms of my sleeping schedule. My day usually works like this.
I wake up…or try to wake up at 7:30 in the morning, leave the house by 7:45 or 7:50.
Start work at 8, have lunch at noon. Either I will go home to eat lunch, and return back to work at 1.
Finish work at 4:30, and arrive back at home around 4:45 or 5
On a non-busy day, I’ll be home, say hello to hubby and Aubs and play with Aubs until 5:30.
Try putting Aubs to nap at 6 or 6:15, and have her snooze until it’s 7 or 7:30 if I’m lucky.
In the meantime, I’ll prep and cook dinner around 6:45-7:20
Eat with the hubbs and finish by 7:45
By the time my little monster wakes up, I’ll try to do dishes in between. Somedays, if not most, the hubbs will take care of the dishes or he will take care of Aubs while I do dishes.
Aubrey will be up and I’ll feed her solids and her puffed crackers and watch her play until it’s 8:30. At that time I’ll decide whether or not she can hang for another half hour or if she is wrecked and ready to sleep.
Normally around 8:45, her face is washed, diaper changed, and into her night/sleeping gear. Bottle is warm and ready for her to take.
If she’s having an exhausted day, she will fall asleep in my arms around 9. If she’s having a hard time, I could be rocking her until 9:30. If she’s not too sleepy, I will probably put her in the crib a couple times until I JUST get it right which can last until 10.
I will finish any last minute chores I need to do…dishes, bottles for the next day, fold laundry or move laundry to dryer.
Watch TV with the hubbs, or even a movie and talk and unwind together
By midnight, we’re ready to sleep.
If Aubrey sleeps at 8:30, she’ll wake up close to 2am
If Aubrey sleeps at 9:30, she’ll wake up at 4 or 5am
If she wakes up at 2am, she’ll just need her binky
If she wakes up at 4 or 5am, she’ll need a bottle and will go back to sleep after I feed her and rock her back.
I’m back in bed at around 5:30 if I’m lucky, but for the most part, I’m back in at 6am
Sleep until alarm goes off at 7:20, press snooze until I realize that it’s 7:40 and it’s time for me to rush back into the swing of things.
Although there are times where I feel so exhausted and uncertain if my body can handle the lack of sleep, I am reminded that the moments that I have with Aubs is so temporary. What I mean is that Aubrey will soon be too big to fall asleep in my arms. Everyday she’s growing, and it’s strange to think that by September she will already be 9 months. I have to say that God has taught me that quiet moments that I have with her, whether its me trying to rock her to sleep or trying to manuever her to her crib 20 jillion times and failing, these are precious memories and experiences that I am having as a mom. I know I’m pregnant and I will go through this again, or adjust to another time schedule and probably be MORE sleep deprived, but keeping in mind that my little girl is growing by the minute moves me to leave frustration and look for the silver lining.
I will get frustrated, but I hope I can keep remembering that these moments will pass, and that I can look at it with a positive attitude and enjoy the time that I am spending with Aubs. Life is too short to be stressed out like that, and I don’t want to look back and be disappointed that I didn’t treasure these moments.
Quite a thought, but I’m writing this down so I don’t forget what God has been teaching me. These are precious moments, and He is reminding me to live it to the fullest.
