Wyatt 
Here begins the real war for space, pillow, and blanket.
Vs.
Katie 
May the Best Man Win
Timeline of Sleep Annihilation
10:30 - Noah and I hit the sack and begin our crossword/novel reading routine.
11:00 - Noah bails for the recliner downstairs due to a stuffed up nose.
12:10 - I finish Wuthering Heights, turn out the light, and mull over whether or not I believe Heathcliffe has a single redeeming quality (and as a side note, I believe that he has only 1).
12:30 - Asleep. zzzzzzz
2:10 - My foe stands next to the bed and awakens me in preparation for battle. Wyatt wants "a dink." Code for drink.
2:11 - I drag myself out of bed and oblige as I am not suspecting his plans for the night.
2:12 - Lead him back to bed.
2:12 - I get into bed and hear, "Moooooommmmmm, sleep in your bed?"
2:13 - Disarmed by my own sleepiness, I admit the enemy.
Here begins the real war for space, pillow, and blanket.
2:30 - Wyatt, "I want the soft pillow." This happens to be my pillow, and the only one on the bed. I agree to share. Until. I. Smell. His. Breath.
2:31 - I make Wyatt go get his own pillow off of his bed.
2:45 - Wyatt begins a conversation about Lightening McQueen. And I use my greatest weapon to thwart him. The Fake Sleep. He falls for it, and I lay very still.
2:50 - I lay still until my right arm goes numb, and I have to roll over. That was a mistake. Wyatt now knows that I am awake and sits on top of me, and says in a sing-song voice "You awake?"
2:51 - I use my super Mommy strength and move him to the far end of the bed and begin fake sleeping again.
2:51-3:15 - Silence.
3:15 - I can't sleep!!! And I realize that he has taken over my side of the bed.
3:16 - I switch places with him and put him on Noah's side of the bed.
3:16 - 3:30 - More Fake Sleeping.
3:30 - Wyatt says, "I want a dink." And I respond with a lie. It was my only defense. "There isn't anymore water anywhere. It's all gone."
3:30 -3:40 - Persistent whining. I fold being as I am weakened by his sophisticated techniques.
3:40 - I acquiesce and get him a "dink."
3:45 - He offers an olive branch in the form of a chubby arm around my neck and a sweet kiss on my cheek. I surrender and snuggle.
3:50 - Wyatt snores. zzzzzzzzz
3:50 - 4:30 - I lie awake in the dark wondering how one dink turned into a 2 1/2 hour battle.
7 comments:
yikes! i think you may have lost. my strategy is to just let them sleep in your bed from the beginning. for three and a half years. that way you are so use to crappy sleep that you don't even notice anymore. you should try it. i'm trying to encourage katie (my katie, not you, you're small but too big for our bed) to get into our bed too so we can have all five of us in a queen size. cozy.
I know this has nothing to do with it, but your eye make-up in that picture is fantastic! I hate nights like that. You were a much kinder mommy than I probably would have been.
So funny!!! Well maybe not for you, but it gave me a good chuckle!
This is the story of my life. The bad breath cracked me up--Brady's usaully smells like spoiled milk from a Long John Silver's dumpster! I do the Fake Sleep thing all the time---usually I open my eyes to see one of them inches from my face just staring at me and smiling.
That was really funny, especially the bad breath part. It's good to here other moms getting little sleep as well, not because I wish all moms to be tired and cranky, but because, you know, misery loves company.
Totally understand where you are coming from. Caleb is now in the habit of coming in bed with us because he's scared. It can turn into a long night, especially when they come in your room and don't have anything on! "Where did your clothes go?"
I have a Wyatt!! Katie how cute!! My William plays this game with me!! I am so going to follow your blog!
Ashley Carruth Fowler
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