Dreams

Do you remember dreams? I don't mean "hope's and dreams" I mean those psychotic things that your mind makes up in the middle of the night.

I don't. At least not usually. When other women talk about how dreams get more vivid when they are pregnant.... nope, not me. I don't remember them even then.

I seriously haven't remembered a dream in over a year.

There is only one time I can recall remembering a pleasant dream and that was when I had a dream about Missy My's name... before Goober was born.

The rest of the dreams I remember? Yup, you got it. Nightmares. Fun, Fun.

Well, I guess the year long drought of dreams is over cause I got to remember not just one dream but two last night. Ugh. I hope this means I get to go two years between dreams this time.

Do you remember dreams regularly? Cause I wonder if I'm the only one who doesn't.

The mysterious ways of sleep.

Ok people. I went to bed at 9:30 last night. NINE THIRTY! That is freakin EARLY. Granted, I had a massive headache, which prompted me to skip a hot bath (which I usually do in the event of a headache... because I am a bath person. Really, ask my parents. I can stay in the tub for HOURS with a good book) And for your info I usually go to bed around 11 or possibly 12.

So my question is this: WHY AM I STILL TIRED!?!?

"Dream the Impossible Dream!"

I've decided that every mother of young children deserves to get a good long nap every day. Unfortunately life doesn't work out that way.

Usually my day starts at 6am-6:30 and I get to bed around 11:30 or midnight. I get up at least twice during those sleeping hours to take care if Little Li. And if by chance I try to get a nap one of the kids always decides they need me desparately for something.

I don't know about the rest of you, but a good long nap would be heaven.

Napping WITHOUT nursing. Ugh

Little Li seams to HATE his bed and bedroom. He does not and will not go to sleep on his own when in his bed. UGH. Almost always he has to nurse to fall to sleep, unless of course he is in the car.

Last night I had a MONSTEROUS headache. I just wanted to go to sleep because with me that is the best way to get rid of a headache... though lately I've been having more and more of them :P But back to the topic. So I would nurse Li to get him to fall alseep, but no sooner than when I put him into his bed would he wake up and start crying. I tried letting him cry a little, to no avail. He just worked himself up to screaming. At any other time of day I would have been tempted to make him a doctors apointment because he is usually such a good natured baby! He rarely cries unless something is wrong. But the last several nights he has been refusing to go to sleep (and stay that way) till late. Last night it was 11:30 before he finally konked out. Too late by my clock on any day, but the ironic thing was that Jer and I were trying to talk through how to get him to go to sleep without me nursing him.... and meanwhile Jer had him sitting on his lap and he calmed right down and BAM... out like a light.

So this morning I decided to try to get him to go down for his nap without nursing him first (he didn't need it he had eaten an hour earlier)... so into the crib he went and as soon as I lay him down... you guessed it. Tada! Screamfest. With me going in every 5 - 10 minutes or so to let him know he hadn't been abandoned and making sure he wasn't poopy or hurting in some way... he cried for about an hour to an hour and a half... about the time he would have gotten hungry. UGH! So I fed him... and he fell asleep... even though I was trying to annoy him into staying awake till he was done eating. No Can Do.

Any Ideas?

Up Late or to Bed Early?

Ok, so I'm in a conundrum.

I'm currently going to bed WAY too late. As in midnight to 1am. I know that I need to get to bed earlier for my mental health, but know also that my sanity is reliant on finding time to do things that I enjoy without having to juggle a 4mth old (or at times a 4mth old AND a 2 yr old) while doing it. For some reason trying to balance kids on my lap while reading seems to take away from the overall relaxation factor!

So I ask you... where is the happy medium? Am I nuts? But for some reason I find sleeping to be overrated when I go to sleep early and still wake up tired in the morning :) Any good fixes for getting enough sleep and a good amount of "me time" without spending a fortune on babysitters or wearing out the family "benefits"?