Sleep Is A Luxury

Some nights are not too bad. Others not too good.

Take last night for example: we had the Boys asleep and in bed by 10pm and Kim and I soon thereafter. At around 2am Kim got up with Sean and was back in bed by 2:45, and I got up at 3am with Lukas and back in bed before 4am. That's about as good as it gets without them sleeping through the night.

The night before last was not so great. Kim was especially exhausted and Lukas especially awake so I sent Kim to bed at 11 and I stayed up with Lukas until I could get him asleep at 12:15am. However when I put him down he woke up and needed to be fed, changed, rocked, and finally asleep for good at 1am. Just in time for Sean to wake up to eat. I fed him some but he wasn't ready for sleep and had to pass him off to Kim before 2am because I was dead on my feet.

My sacrifice seemed to help as Kim was slightly more lively the next day.

The hardest part is the late night feedings. I eagerly await the day when those 3am feedings are the exception instead of the rule.