Flippin' Tired!

Moms and sleep go together like ice cream and ranch dressing. It's not that moms don't love to sleep; it's that moms don't get to sleep, what with crying babies, sick kids, and driving middle schoolers from lesson to lesson. And when you don't get enough sleep (or any sleep), you get so flippin' tired that you start to lose it a little. You put your milk in your clothes closet; you call your baby by your hubby's name; you go to the grocery store when you meant to pick your kids up from school. So what crazy things have you done when sleep deprived?&

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SilverXeno
2 yearss ago

My kids are 5 (almost 6!!) and 2. I am no longer "so flippin' tired". My 5 year old is pretty self sufficient, plus I have shown her how to do some things that are sort of tedious and annoying for me to do, like getting umpteen glasses of water during the day...I gave her a plastic cup, and a stool in the bathroom, and she can get water whenever she wants. And now she also does it for the 2 year old! I didn't ask her to...she just does it, lol!! I showed her how to work the portable DVD player...and if she gets up waaaay too early on a weekend (or during school holidays) she will pop in a DVD. ...Yeah, I'm *that* kind of mom! I don't mind TV or DVDs when it means my sanity stays pristine. I was very flippin' tired during the baby months. Mostly b/c husband and I were on seperate work shifts after my maternity leave. And he took it upon himself to give our baby HIS schedule. Uh...No buster, that kid needs to be awake in the day and asleep at NIGHT. Not the other way around! There were many 4 am wakefests when I was so tired I was picking my baby up by the wrong end. Hey...thighs and armpits sort of feel the same when they're in those sleepers!! Then I was SOOO flippin' tired during the second pregnancy when my oldest was about 3. I bought little plastic bowls with lids...and I would fill them with a serving of cereal...and I programmed the TV to turn on, to a cartoon channel...and she would get up, get her bowl of cereal, and watch cartoons until I could wake up. Eventually she also wanted milk...so I got a little drink container, and she did that by herself, too. I was a stay at home mom at that time...so it wasn't quite as bad as the first time when the newborn came home. We all took naps together...my 3 yr old loved to be the gopher...getting diapers, wipes, new outfits (she REALLY loved picking out clothes by herself...even if it was lime green bottoms with a baby lamb top).

MeMyselfandMommy
2 yearss ago

I am so flipping tired that I have sometimes gotten very angry at Steve for not letting me kiss our daughter goodnight before he puts her to bed. "Why did you put Moanna to bed without telling me?!" "You did say goodnight to her." "NO I DIDN'T!" "Yes, you did. You were sitting on the couch and I carried her over to you. You kissed her, wiggled noses and said 'I love you.'" "NO... oh wait... I did..." That is one of the many examples of how my pure exhausting takes over. Between Moanna (2 years old), working an erratic schedule, church activities and attempting to keep a clean home, there is no time for sleep. I'm thinking maybe... MAYBE, I'll sleep in 2010... We'll see...

shylobisnett
2 yearss ago

Oh, my God. I'm almost always too tired to cook or make anything for myself to eat during the day, although I'm currently in a marathon baby-food-making session. Yesterday, while making my kid two weeks' worth of pureed cauliflower, apples and acorn squash, I only managed to eat a bread heel, five olives, and a fistful of honey-roasted almonds. I also think I licked his face while feeding him. So, I'm about that tired.

Jojo
2 yearss ago

Alice, my soul-mate.... Thank you for your rage. I suffer from the same effects of sleep deprivation. This unfortunate side-effect is compounded by any caffeine deprivation. Like one of the commenters, I also then have trouble finding the energy or time to eat. This ended up being a really, really easy way to lose the baby weight and I now eat what my kid eats (always). We basically eat the same food because I don't have the energy to make her or myself something special. So, my food is very healthy but also pretty bland. Her food is somewhat spicy for toddlers and is relatively eclectic. Back to the rage, I become irrational and completely lose my problem solving skills. When the sleep deprivation was really bad, my husband said I basically lost my personality. If we have another kid, I'm ordering one that sleeps at night and acts blissfully baby-like the first three months of life rather than screaming her head off for no reason.

megnstuff
2 yearss ago

I have a 3 year old boy, a two year old boy and am 10 weeks pregnant and have all day 24/7 morning sickness... yes. I am flippin' tired!

Kimmydoll
2 yearss ago

I play "musical beds" a lot at night because of my 1.5 year old and my 4.5 year old....and my husband can sleep through anything, so it's really up to me to comfort my crying children. Anyway, this one time, after nights of switching from our bed to my daughter's bed to the rocker in my son's room, I fell asleep in my daughter's bed. And even though I was right there, she woke up crying. I kind of woke up in a daze and realized a child was crying, so I did the one thing I knew might work....I started shoving - literally SHOVING- my daughter's head to my boob. And she wouldn't take it, and she was really screaming now. And I was like, "Why won't she just take my damn boob??" And then, after multiple shoves, it dawned on me that my daughter hadn't nursed in years, and I had either thought she was still an infant or that she was my son....I'm really not sure. All I know is that it must have been quite a sight, a half-asleep mother shoving her screaming 4-year-old's head into her chest. Classic. I am constantly flippin' tired. And my husband is like, why aren't we having sex like we're still in our twenties?? And I'm like, BECAUSE WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING I WENT AND HAD TWO KIDS. I swear, men just don't get it sometimes.

bethany Coffey
2 yearss ago

Oh my GOODNESS, Alice, I officially LOVE you. Not that I didn't already of course....but that made my day. You, lady, are hilarious! "here's MY package!" I laughed so hard. And the toast debacle, wow, something I could SO see myself doing when my time comes. That just made my day! Asha, as a sufferer of insomnia, I am sort of hoping that pregnancy and parenthood will cure that FOR me! Because as it goes now, I can read until 4 am and still be like "do-do-do, need to sleep but can't" So as much as I love my late night reading habits, I am welcoming the insomnia curing exhaustion with open arms! Well, maybe....who knows, that could actually be worse, maybe i'll just be exhausted x's infinity but still unable to sleep OR take anything for it....ugh, now i'm going to worry about THAT for awhile...... Great post ladies:)

mommytoall
2 yearss ago

true.identity13
2 yearss ago

I shouldn't be so flippin tired now due to the fact that my daughter's are almost 9 and almost 4. But I am. Mainly because I go to bed sooo late, trying to fit somewhere some "me" time and some DH time. I usually go to bed at 2:30am and wake up at 7:30am But lately my dd has been seeing "ghosts" in her room at night and had been waking up at 4am/5am wide awake, ready for the new day! And things that I have done as I'm so flippin tired are things like falling asleep on the subway train and waking up when the conductor YELLS: "Last Stop!!!! No more passengers on the Train!!!" Thankfully my stop was the last stop! I allow myself to sleep in the train just because of that, I know there's no way I can miss my stop. Also at night when I try to sneak in some DH time, I lay in bed and me and my hubby are planing on watching a movie together and I turn on the TV and as I wait for my DH to put the movie on I'm already fast asleep! For the past 3 days I have not stayed awake enough to find out what movie my hubby saw!! So yes, I am so flippin tired! and I can relate!

Daphne
2 yearss ago

classic! I really love reading everyone's tired stories. It's a wonder that we all continue to take, basically, good care of our kiddos. There a lot of things I just think, "well, in a few years." Like daily showers. I also share the rage. One night when Rex had woken me up EVERY 1:45 MINUTES I unleashed on my husband and daughter for the slightest infractions. It was undeserved and that's when I started to really try to sleep train him. That's when I discovered that not only could I put a pillow over my head to muffle the sounds of his cries I HAD to in order to have a good marriage and be the kind of patient mother I want to be. I still get up about once a night, but it's a lot better.

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