Sleep...

Sleep is something I particularly enjoy doing. I will say it was by far one of the hardest adjustments I had to make when having babies. It took time to get used to running on empty, dont get me wrong-this was something I did often, but it was completley by choice prior to having my first child. We were lucky to have him sleeping all night long by 4 weeks, I think I went back to sleeping all night long by maybe 6 weeks. I unfortunately woke several times to be sure he was still breathing.

there was some time after that initial 6 weeks that I strongly considered NOT doing it again just because I wasnt sure I could handle the sleep deprivation. Clearly-our motto changed and along came AJ. He was a bit longer to sleep all night, but even still-it was about 8 weeks and he was doing great.

We enjoyed approximately 7 months of full nights rest, with the occasional need to get up and locate a stray pacifier-which one can do with hardly opening their eyes.

When AJ turned 9 months old-we totally regressed. He was waking up ALL THE TIME. And now.. to this day-he is 3 1/2 and he still wakes up SCREAMING every night.

I honestly think that if we could sleep the whole night through we wouldnt know what to do with ourselves. Its amazing how you adjust, because I dont often wonder when will this end.. its become normal life.

On occasion-like this morning.. I do sometimes find myself wondering if it will ever end, and if/when it does-am I going to miss it? Am I going to be able to sleep for a full 8 hours-maybe more?! We shall see...