I woke up this morning at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep. As I'm laying there I hear Knowly playing in his bed. For the last several months he's been such a great sleeper!!!! He goes to bed between 7:oo and 7:30pm and will sleep until about 7am! It's been wonderful. Very rarely do we hear from him in the night. It used to be so easy to get him to sleep too! I would just lay him on his pillow, turn on his music, give him his drink and puppy, and he'd go right to sleep. Well, not anymore! He's decided that it's fun to get out of his bed and play. So now we have to figure out an new system for him....so as I'm laying in bed at 5 am this morning I'm thinking of how I can change things and help him sleep and then it hit me! It was as if someone SMACKED me so hard and said, "YOU'RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY IN JUST A FEW WEEKS! BETTER FIGURE IT OUT SOON!" So then there was more to worry about. I'm so glad my mom will be able to come and help after I have baby Sarah but that's only going to be for like a week or so. Daniel is still Young Men's president at church so he's gone Wednesday nights to church and has a bunch of meetings on Sundays, plus he works Monday, Friday, and Saturday nights, plus he has school!
I'm not really nervous about having another baby in general. It will be fine. I know that. But it's the nights that scare me to death! I've always been scared of the dark/night time, then I had kids and for some reason being awake in the wee hours of the morning with a wide awake child kinda freaked me out. I was awake the other night with both the boys from 3am - 6am and it just fills me with anxiety, I don't know why! Something about it being dark outside...I'm so weird and such a baby!
Anyways, we've been on a really great routine lately and everything was going smoothly. I have learned so much since I had Nate so I was feeling a little more prepared this time but now there's a kink! What do I do? Currently Nate and Knowly sleep in different rooms but they go to sleep at the same time....How early is too early for bunk beds? How do I get them to learn to share a room? How do I help them go to sleep without fighting with eachother or me?
The only things that keep running through my head are, "I WANT THIS BABY OUT OF ME! THERE'S NO MORE ROOM FOR HER IN MY BELLY AND SHE STILL HAS 8 WEEKS TO GROW!!!" and "WHAT WERE WE THINKING!? I CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER BABY! SHE'S GONNA HAVE TO STAY INSIDE ME FOREVER BECAUSE I'M NOT READY FOR THIS."
I need help, I'm going to go crazy! :( I'm full of anxiety and fear and any advice would be welcome!
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If you get any advice send it my way too please --- I'm feeling the exact same way (minus the extra kids since this is our first). Good luck with everything and I'm sure it'll all fall into place and be hectic at times but still joyful
I don't have any advice because I don't have kids, but things will work out in the end, they always do. I will keep you in my prayers.
We all have some major concerns that seem like too much to handle sometimes. Here's my advice, as all 3 boys share a room now. Personally, I let the twins have bunk beds when they were 3yrs. I let the better climber/better sleeper have the top bunk with rails of course. Never been a problem. I figured if they could climb well during the day it would come as 2nd nature during the night. Through out the years, the bedtime routine has to be tweeked. Make it appeal to the kids when you change it though and they'll adjust. Never embark upon something new while your distressed. Start on a day when you're up to it. And finally, be careful about putting pressure on yourself to have everything perfect BEFORE the baby comes. There's preparation and then there's anxiety. You're a great mommy; you're kids are a reflection of that.
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