Night Feeds.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 9:12AM 
Ryder - 4 months old now.
I have a love/hate relationship with nighttime feeds & my kids waking {a lot} each night.
I hate the broken sleep - sleep deprivation is a killer. I hate the exhaustion that comes with new babies & having to feed them several times a night. I hate hearing about other people's baby's sleeping through the night at a few weeks old, and we're going on 4 years of broken sleep waiting for 'sleep throughs'. I hate not knowing what each night will bring - I like structure & plans :) I hate waking in the morning & feeling so hung over {even though I didn't touch a drop of alcohol the night before!}.
BUT..... I really love being the one who can settle & calm my hungry, awake children. I love having that one-on-one time....just me & him {or her sometimes...even at 4yrs old}. I love the peace of the house as I feed & cuddle my baby boy during the wee hours of the night, as the rest of the family sleeps. I love his limp, relaxed body...still half asleep, as he snuggles into my neck & snores - so dependant, so perfect. I love being there for my kids, no matter how tired or frustrated I am - I want them to know that if they call, I'll come-a running :) I love knowing that it won't last forever, so to embrace it {even the icky, hazy, exhausting bits} while we're at this stage, and while it lasts. I love being sandwiched between snoozing babies & their Daddy, hearing their breaths, examining their perfection, seeping in their every ounce of life, taking it all in....loving them.
Sleep is so last season wall print avaible here.
Reader Comments (3)
Claire your baby boy is just the happiest cutest things on earth! How heavenly that you get so many smiles, they must make the lack of sleep so much more bearable. I'm terribly sorry if you read my FB comment, celebrating our sleep-throughs and it made you wince. I utterly understand that feeling of reading stories and statuses and seeing other peoples amazing children photos and knowing that is something you don't have - we get that a lot. I hope to read your headline when the day comes you all sleep right through the night, in the mean time I do love seeing the gorgeous faces that love their Mumma so much that they can't wait all night to give her a cuddle ;)
And now I understand your coffee thing too LOL
P.S Awesome Print!!! xx
I will soon know that feeling again. I am expecting our third.
Oh my, I just want to squeeze your delicious boy. X
I totally understand what you mean. I'm getting used to the middle of the night feeding but I hate that feeling of being unexpectedly awoke and needing to resettle either Sophie or Grace. I do like the being able to snuggle up to your bub part though :)