Some of you must be really
powerful pray-ers. Scary powerful. Last night after doing
nothing different (except for that half cup of chamomile tea before
bed) I put baby girl to bed (normal read/pray/sing/relax) and she
fell asleep in less than 10 minutes. That hasn’t happened in over a
month. No screaming, no crying.
powerful pray-ers. Scary powerful. Last night after doing
nothing different (except for that half cup of chamomile tea before
bed) I put baby girl to bed (normal read/pray/sing/relax) and she
fell asleep in less than 10 minutes. That hasn’t happened in over a
month. No screaming, no crying.
I don’t believe that the chamomile
flower has sedating properties equal to Valium or Ambien so it must
be that people were praying she would shut the heck up and go to
sleep. Thank you. Seriously. I was losing my mind (as you could
probably tell).
flower has sedating properties equal to Valium or Ambien so it must
be that people were praying she would shut the heck up and go to
sleep. Thank you. Seriously. I was losing my mind (as you could
probably tell).
It was only 8:10 when I carefully
peeled myself from her bed and I was so far ahead of “schedule”
that I not only had time to read to Carter (we’re almost to the
Quarter Quell – I can’t wait to see what he thinks about that
twist), but I told Caleb a Dream Fairy Dear story (a character
created by my grandma that gives children loads of candy), and
edited Calvin’s online newspaper for Language Arts class. By the time
the kids were all in bed it was 9:30 and since Josh was out at guitar
practice (for the church worship team) I decided to Judge Judy myself
to sleep nice and early to get in as much rest as I could before
Camille started yelling.
peeled myself from her bed and I was so far ahead of “schedule”
that I not only had time to read to Carter (we’re almost to the
Quarter Quell – I can’t wait to see what he thinks about that
twist), but I told Caleb a Dream Fairy Dear story (a character
created by my grandma that gives children loads of candy), and
edited Calvin’s online newspaper for Language Arts class. By the time
the kids were all in bed it was 9:30 and since Josh was out at guitar
practice (for the church worship team) I decided to Judge Judy myself
to sleep nice and early to get in as much rest as I could before
Camille started yelling.
My eyes popped open at 6:30. Wait,
what? There’s no baby body in my bed. Oh my gosh, I hope she didn’t
die. After all that complaining I did about her not sleeping,
published for the world to see . . . but a tiptoed investigation
showed that she was still asleep. After 680 days, it finally
happened. She slept all night. I went back to bed and sprawled out over my ½ of the bed that I had all to myself and smiled about
the fact that I was too awake to go back to sleep.
what? There’s no baby body in my bed. Oh my gosh, I hope she didn’t
die. After all that complaining I did about her not sleeping,
published for the world to see . . . but a tiptoed investigation
showed that she was still asleep. After 680 days, it finally
happened. She slept all night. I went back to bed and sprawled out over my ½ of the bed that I had all to myself and smiled about
the fact that I was too awake to go back to sleep.
At 7 I got up to wake the boys for
school and as I passed her doorway she sat up and smiled. Who is this
human? Is this what 11 hours of rest looks like on her?
school and as I passed her doorway she sat up and smiled. Who is this
human? Is this what 11 hours of rest looks like on her?
I was sure that she was my baby
and not some changeling that Dream Fairy Dear left in her place when
she showed her screamy, tired self by 8:30. As Josh said, “you
would have thought we’d get longer than an hour and a ½ out of a
full night’s sleep . . .”
and not some changeling that Dream Fairy Dear left in her place when
she showed her screamy, tired self by 8:30. As Josh said, “you
would have thought we’d get longer than an hour and a ½ out of a
full night’s sleep . . .”
Baby steps.