Tuesday 7 December 2010

Exhaustion!

I have lots of good things to tell you, positive things, but today I am tired. Completely and utterly exhausted. It has been a long long year and we have not slept well. Hec, I thought by the age of 3 the boys would have slept better. Now, after a few nights of good sleep, I think we have the start of the dreaded night terrors. We have had two nights where each of the boys woke up, clearly shaking with fear and screaming. I will try the same homeopathic stuff we did with the Princess and see if ti helps. But I am not hopeful. Nope. Every time we think we win the sleep war, it seems it was only the battle.

I have an old bookclub friend that is now pregnant with twins. In fact, the poor girl really has her work cut out for her - she will have one of 33 months, one of 15 months and new born twins. That's one 15 month old we didn't have! She asked me what was the hardest of the twin pregnancy. Without a doubt for me the extreme tiredness. The total lack of the second trimester energy. And when she asked what was the hardest about having twins, my answer was clear and simple - sleep! It's just double the amount of wakings per night at any stage. Adding to that the fact that they are "tuned into" each other and tend to wake up when the other does, does not make the issue any simpler.

Although in no way do I wish my boys bigger or to miss any stage of cuteness, I do wish we can get to sleep a bit. I mean, for them it will certainly be better too.

10 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, is she in for it. I hope she finds some help, so she doesn't drop dead from exhaustion.

    And I agree the double night wakings is the worst. Thankfully, our boys have been sleeping through the night, but I remember before they did. I shouldn't have been allowed to go back to work, as the drive home was hard with wanting to fall asleep behind the wheel.

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  2. What can I say...I have the occasional sleeplessness when I babysit my grandbabies and that is bad enough...maybe I am just getting too old for this.

    Strongs my friend.

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  3. I hope you find some relief soon:-)

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  4. I don't know how you do it. I only have one little person and she runs me ragged!

    I wish you a very peaceful night's rest tonight.

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  5. Sorry you all are not sleeping. Hope things work out soon.

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  6. I feel for you! Can you let the kids go visit someone or someone come stay there for 2 nights and you and H just sleep (and other ;))?

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  7. Not getting sleep is the WORST! I find that it impacts on our whole way of life. And we have only got one littlest in our household
    Maybe we are getting to old for this? ;-)
    Wish you better sleep!

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  8. I have been having similar issues with Emma not sleeping recently...ie in my bed every.single.night. UGH

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  9. oh wow...you guys just can't win at sleep!!! soooo tough! Thankfully lately *knock on wood* our 3 have been sleeping well...of course now that I said that, they'll all wake me up tonight!

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  10. Oh my gosh. I cant imagine what your friend is going through. I cant imagine not sleeping for that long. My plate isnt as full as hers but I found that www.Risingchild.com was a great source of information. There is always moms standing by to help you out and answer the strangest questions that only a mother can answer.

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