When Teething and Insomnia Collide
* Update below!
**Second update!
***Clarification
For as long as I can remember, I have been plagued by off and on insomnia. There are many triggers: when I’m excited about something, worried, an evening social outing, an evening class, blogs that get me riled up, a glass of port before bed. Sometimes it happens for no reason at all. Lately it always seems to happen when Cakes has a bad night.
Take last night. I tossed and turned for hours and had just dozed off when I heard a cry.
“Fuck,” I mutter, stomping down to her room (I am much more pleasant than this by the time I get to her).
I give her a cuddle and a Hylands (no, Hylands didn’t pay me to say that) and she goes back to bed.
I go back to bed and toss and turn for two more hours. I’m awakened from a raunchy dream involving Michael Scofield and Samantha Jones by more crying.
“Ohforfuckssakes,” I curse. Stomp, stomp, stomp.
This happened three times. Then it was morning.
Today I was looking forward to Cakes' nap—I’d planned to ditch my homework and delve into Alice Munro’s new book.
Instead, I will be having a nap.
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Updates
*It is now 2 pm. I have not napped, nor have I read any Alice Munro. Cakes has decided that in addition to not sleeping through the night, she is having a half-hour nap instead of the usual 2 hours. All I accomplished was making Kraft Dinner, reading a few blogs and fucking around (unsuccessfully) with my template.
Does anyone know how I can make my title appear a little higher?
**7:30 pm. Cakes and I remained napless for the rest of the day. Thankfully, our neighbour and her baby came over for a tea at around 4, a much-needed diversion--we were getting mighty sick of each other by then. The exhausted little monkey finally went to sleep by 7 pm. By 7:15 her mother was enjoying a big bowl of pasta and an even bigger glass of wine. Now, off to Alice Munro.
***The Kraft dinner was for me, not Cakes (in case BP's reading).
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posted by metro mama @ 8:22 AM
18 Comments:
oh god, we had a similar night. bee was up from 1 am to 4:30 am, which is really fun when i get up at 6:15.
and, we were out of hylands (i don't need to be paid to extol the virtues of the little white tablets).
hopefully work is not expecting anything too creative out of me today.
stop the press!
what's a Hylands? Googling AS WE SPEAK.
Hylands are the best!
You can get them at health food places. Google away for more info!
it's the unpredictability of it all that gets me - you need a good nights sleep and it's elusive...plans laid to waste because of the little ruler's needs, which is ok, but yes, ohforfucksakes already!
Hehe. The paranoia is rampant, isn't it? How to launder all those illicit dollars!
I didn't know Hylands were available in Canada, though - I always thought they were a U.S. thing.
And so the teething hell begins....sorry about your lousy night. I used Hylands as well, now I just tank them up on Good Ole Motrin.....guaranteed relief.
I hate those times, too. And yes, I also engage in a little gratuitous swearing and stomping to work it off befoer I get to her. We may love them, but not love every minute of being a mom.
And what are Hylands?
Hylands are homeopathic teething tablets. They are the best!
Insomnia and teething are at odds here in my house. It is contagious or do they just know when we are weakened by lack of sleep? Did cakes go back down for a longer nap? Mine woke up after 30 min as well but now is crashed on my bed. She never does that. Is there a full moon tonight?
We could not have survived teething without hylands.
Hope you get some much deserved rest tonight.
Our babies must be communicating telepathically. Samantha slept the entire night in our bed, and today instead of her two hour nap she had a 40min one and then she lay on me and napped for another hour. Grrrr teething! It's 7:30pm and she's still going!!!!!
Damn...I hope it means a good night for you.
Uck. I wish I couldn't relate...but i can.
Sending you sleepy baby thoughts.
Christ, we should all schedule a teleconfernece since we're up in the middle of the night. My daughter is cutting molars!!!! Teething is the worst thing parents have to endure followed closely by potty-training!
Yes... those teething tablets are lovely. Just make sure your kiddo doesn't down a bunch when you aren't looking. She'd probably be fine but you won't remember how full the bottle was and you'll be on the phone with Poison Control saying 'I don't know' to most of their questions feeling like an idiot.
(Not that it ever happened to me.)
I have been finding my self with a mouth full of lulu's mac & cheese far too frequently lately...
it actually gets to the point where she starts looking at me like "mamee...can you please leave a little for me??"
I need some Hylands. They should be paying you.
I often suffer from insomnia and when I do finally get to sleep that's when Buttercup decides that it is time to be awake. So then I drink way too much coffee and the cycle continues. Cry me a river.
Older kids but sometimes I still get woken up (bedwetting). It sucks.
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