Showing posts with label nosleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nosleep. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Parenting is not sleeping

And now, the real tiredness sets in.

Really, we can't complain, because Henry is a pretty good sleeper. He's already "sleeping through the night" - which sounds really awesome until you find out that "sleeping through the night" is usually defined as three or four hours at a time. Factoring in feeding, changing, and then rocking back to sleep, it's not unheard of to get 3 hours of sleep at a time. Doing the math, that means in order to get 9 hours of sleep - status quo for Dad - it's at least a 12 hour cycle.

I'm learning, slowly, to deal with less than 9 hours of sleep.

Anyways, usually Henry sleeps pretty well. I say usually, because sometimes Henry has a different routine he'd like to try. On those particular days and nights, Henry is like this during the day:


And like this at night:


Babies, says the book, are used to sleeping all day and partying all night, because they got rocked to sleep in the womb when the mom moved around.

Bonus Picture:


Surprise! Attack Baby!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Comedy Interlude, sponsored by 3.5 hours of Golden, Delicious Sleep

All baby and no sleep makes Dad a funny guy.

1. Awesome band name I thought up last night, free to a good home: Doctor Rocktopus

2. Snippet of conversation from one of last night's feedings:
Mom: Wow, he's really eating a lot, he's been sucking for 10 minutes straight!
Dad: I haven't seen anything like that since the last time we watched Grey's Anatomy!

Zing!