sleep

[pen_grunt]

I've had people condescendingly laugh and tell me, "Oh, I've got to write this down now...you'll see!" when I speculate that I'll probably get more sleep with a new infant than I do now. (When THEY ask about how I'm doing/sleeping.)

But I'm not quite sure how many fewer than two or three hours total per night they think I'm supposed to get.

It's 5am now 6 am and I've been up for an hour two hours because I made the mistake of going to bed before 3.

FML. Not looking forward to being at the in-laws' for the next two nights.

Comments

[bertine.livejournal.com]

At first, you will get more sleep. Then, as you feel better physically and will be able to sleep for your normal amount, it will drain you to have to wake up a couple times a night because of the baby.

For me the hardest time was when I went back to work and had to get myself back on a normal schedule at three months. I couldn't take an afternoon nap anymore and Henrietta cluster fed in the evening so I couldn't go to bed early. Still better than being pregnant.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't think that sleep with an infant will be *easy*, but baby-driven not being able to sleep has to be better than tossing and turning with physical discomfort.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I think people are jerks, for the most part. Once you have a baby they say "just wait until they are mobile" and once they are mobile they say things like "you are lucky you don't have the other gender, they are much worse" and "just wait until they are at the next stage of development".

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I really hate the *gleeful* (not intending to be helpful) "just you wait" -ers. There should be a special circle of hell or something.

[smittenbyu]

this is how I felt too. Doing it for someone else, especially your child seems/is a more justifiable reason and you somehow do it with more "pleasure" however exhausting! (Now mind you, I only felt physical displeasure the last week, 38-39th week! I didn't complain mostly because I had friends whose discomfort lasted way longer!) Hang in there!

agree with bertine too, people seem to somehow enjoy telling you how the next stage will be worse! The snickering... how unhelpful!

I listened to one friend, enjoy every phase, there will be terrible moments and happy moments, it's all part of it, go with the flow. Be fluid.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Getting up to feed an infant that needs feeding seems so much more...not-pointless...than just spontaneously not being able to sleep because of body discomfort associated with the final weeks.

I haven't had it that bad either. Really I can't complain. But a lack of sleep makes me cranky. :)

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

Four month ps behind being paid for a job that only allows you three hours of sleep a night is just crazy. Www.monster.com already, sheesh.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Right now it's the baby (being pregnant), not the job that is depriving me of sleep. I kinda doubt I can monster.com that. ;)

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

Www.sellmeyourbabyforwhatipromiseisntacreepyreason.com

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Perfect!