November 5, 2013 9:35 pm

Insomnia

I don’t know if this is strictly a pregnancy thing or not, but if I wake up at night (usually anywhere from 1 to 3), I am awake for two solid hours. Sometimes more.

It’s a hideous problem. I end up getting tired at 7pm because I’ve been up all night, but even if I manage to fall asleep early the same thing happens.

I’m not sure there’s really anything that can be done about it, either. I’m hesitant to take sleep aids while pregnant, but I would LOVE to sleep through the night again. I seem to fall asleep fine, it’s just that I wake up (or get woken up) and then can’t fall back asleep for hours.

Any advice? Should I suck it up and take Unisom or something? Or is there anything I can do once I’m awake to fall asleep again? Last night I turned on an audiobook with a 30 minute sleep timer, which I thought might help, but I had to turn it back on THREE TIMES before I finally fell asleep. (It did alleviate the boredom though, which was nice.)

I’m seriously considering going to a sleep center to get my insomnia checked. My OB said it’s normal, but I want to ask an expert on sleep if I can do something to get more sleep. I’m worried that, even when my little baby comes out, I might still not get enough sleep. However, I would need energy to take care of my little one since I’ll also be back to work by that time.

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November 4, 2013 8:38 pm

Onward and Upward

Now that we have rounded the corner of 3.5 and are heading toward four, I wanted to post a few things that have made me smile at this age:

Wesley has started to draw things that are recognizable as humans and I LOVE IT. He even drew a self-portrait the other day, complete with big hair.

Earlier today, I asked him to go peel me a hard-boiled egg and he happily completed the task and did a great job.

He apologized for poking me with his fingernails when he grabbed my arm.

Sometimes he will explain to me how to construct a letter. Today, it was a capital A.

I said something to him today and finished it with “you get what you get.” He looked bemusedly at me and said, “you get what you get and you don’t get upset.” I asked him where he heard that and he replied, “from myself.”

The other day he told me he was going to ask Santa for an iPod. I don’t know if Santa will come through on that one – I may have to encourage him to think of a few more ideas!

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November 3, 2013 5:41 pm

Babysitter

Today Wesley told me that “the baby will cry if you go to work, but I will be home and I will take care of the baby.” I asked him if he knew how to take care of a baby and he replied, “Hmmm.”

Then told me about how the baby will need a crib but his bed is big enough that he could snuggle with the baby there. And that he knows how to babysit.

This sibling thing is going to be hysterical, I can tell already.

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