Delusions of Grandeur26 Jun 2007 01:04 pm
By Heather O.
3:30am
Baby cries.
DH:”I’ll take her.”
Me: “No, I got her.”
DH: (still not moving, face mashed into the pillow)”No, I’ll take her”.
Me: (making moves to get the baby) “Oh yeah, where are you going to take her?”
DH: (half defiant, half gallant, but completely still asleep) “I can nurse her!”
What a guy. Service oriented to the core, even when he’s half crazed with sleep deprivation.
Thanks, that made me smile. That would be hilarious to watch him try if he were still asleep but got up to get her and nurse her anyway. What a sweet guy. 3:00 am is the official witching hour in my book. But my DH has no delusions of grandeur. He’s learned to block baby’s cries out completely, and that’s okay. He can’t go back to sleep after waking up, where I’m back in dreamland almost before my head even hits the pillow, so while it’s not my favorite thing, it works for me.
Comment #1 by StarababaJune 26th, 2007 at 2:30 pmROFL!!!!
Now THERE’s an image in my head…
Comment #2 by ChrissieJune 26th, 2007 at 3:09 pmLOL!
My husband gets up with the kids once they are no longer nursing. He deals with sleep deprivation better than I do, and his mild insomnia is more pronounced the older he gets. Our philosophy is basically: Why should BOTH of us be sleep deprived? One of us needs to be able to function the next day.
Once our kids started sleeping through the night on a regular basis and then got past the toddler night terrors, I found it to be much easier. I prefer watching Law & Order reruns waiting for a teen to return home than to be up with an infant. (Or letting my hubby wait and watch L&O while I go to bed… though I don’t always go to sleep right away.)
But I still remember these days… with a little nostalgia but mostly relief! (Our youngest is 5.)
Comment #3 by MichelleJune 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pm…on the waiting for teenagers thing… I had friends who slept AND knew that their kids made it home on time. They set an alarm clock for the time the kid was to be home and set it on the bedside table. When the kid gets home his or her first assignment is to shut off the alarm clock, thus allowing mom and dad to stay asleep. If the kid is late, the alarm goes off and then mom and dad can begin to worry.
Comment #4 by s'meeJune 26th, 2007 at 5:19 pms’mee…great idea. I’m stealing that idea when my kids are teenagers
Comment #5 by lizJune 26th, 2007 at 5:29 pm…except what if they come home, turn it off, and then leave again? I always had to report to my parents when I came in, but I’m ashamed to say that one time I came in and told them I was home, then I left again. I wasn’t a bad girl, but I just wanted to stay out later that night and knew they wouldn’t go for that. That’s the only problem I can foresee with the alarm clock method, but I guess you could really sneak back out no matter how your parents do things, if you really wanted to. Otherwise I think the alarm clock idea is great and will be stealing it, too.
Comment #6 by StarababaJune 26th, 2007 at 6:45 pmI was going to say the same thing about the alarm…my uncles did that to my grandma. They turned it off, then left again. Of course, my father claims never to have participated in this trickery!
Comment #7 by LisaJune 26th, 2007 at 6:56 pm