Dear Lilia,
I know, I know. The last time I wrote, you had decided that you liked Mommy the best, but apparently you changed your mind rather quickly (gee, I wonder who you got THAT from?). Now you seem to have settled on me. Let me explain how Mommy and I know this.
It started about two weeks ago during the weekend. You seemed to be smiling at me a lot more and laughing with me. Then it gradually turned into doing OK at home with Mommy during the work week and then you started to fuss and give Mommy a hard time while I was at work. When I would come home each time this happened, you would pretty much stop crying and be content for the rest of the night.
I think the part that drives Mommy nuts though is that you seem to think it's not OK to sleep when I'm not home. She'll put you down for naps (so that she can get some rest) and then you'll proceed to only sleep for about 20 minutes. On the other hand, if I'm home and I tell Mommy to get some rest and that I'll take care of you, you fall asleep and proceed to stay asleep for the next two hours.
Don't get me wrong, I like getting this special treatment, but I think you need to give Mommy a break when I'm not around.
Love,
Daddy
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
All work and no play makes Daddy a bad boy....
Dear Lilia,
The last several days have been pretty darn crazy. It started with me being up over 24 hours from Friday morning to Saturday morning and working that entire night. Then more work on Saturday. Then more work on Sunday. Did I mention that I've been working days and nights for the last two days as well? I'm sorry that I haven't written you again before now.
Through this whole mess, Mommy has been taking care of you all day every day. I'm sorry that I couldn't hold you and rock you to sleep at night. I'm also sorry that I didn't get up during the night to help take care of you. You see, Mommy can be stubborn sometimes. She wouldn't wake me up when you started fussing. I'm just hoping that your stubborn streak (because we know you already have one, believe me) doesn't come out quite so strong.
Yesterday ended up being the day that Mommy and I were just too exhausted to do anything. It also happened to be the day that you got sick (at least we think so). All day you wouldn't go to bed for more than 10 minutes or so and you only wanted to be held and fed. Mommy was exhausted by the time I got home from work and we both wanted a nap. We thought we had a great idea by taking you on a drive. You usually sleep really well in your car seat. Well, we got back home and you were back awake within a half hour. Again Mommy was stubborn and didn't wake me up. I ended up sleeping for three hours.
Thankfully that night you were so exhausted that you had a really good night. You only woke up twice! Thank you for letting Mommy and I sleep. We've both been feeling a lot better today. We won't complain if you decide to do that again tonight.
Love,
Daddy
The last several days have been pretty darn crazy. It started with me being up over 24 hours from Friday morning to Saturday morning and working that entire night. Then more work on Saturday. Then more work on Sunday. Did I mention that I've been working days and nights for the last two days as well? I'm sorry that I haven't written you again before now.
Through this whole mess, Mommy has been taking care of you all day every day. I'm sorry that I couldn't hold you and rock you to sleep at night. I'm also sorry that I didn't get up during the night to help take care of you. You see, Mommy can be stubborn sometimes. She wouldn't wake me up when you started fussing. I'm just hoping that your stubborn streak (because we know you already have one, believe me) doesn't come out quite so strong.
Yesterday ended up being the day that Mommy and I were just too exhausted to do anything. It also happened to be the day that you got sick (at least we think so). All day you wouldn't go to bed for more than 10 minutes or so and you only wanted to be held and fed. Mommy was exhausted by the time I got home from work and we both wanted a nap. We thought we had a great idea by taking you on a drive. You usually sleep really well in your car seat. Well, we got back home and you were back awake within a half hour. Again Mommy was stubborn and didn't wake me up. I ended up sleeping for three hours.
Thankfully that night you were so exhausted that you had a really good night. You only woke up twice! Thank you for letting Mommy and I sleep. We've both been feeling a lot better today. We won't complain if you decide to do that again tonight.
Love,
Daddy
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sleepless in Provo
Dear Lilia,
I have one phrase for you.
If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
I recommend that you remember this phrase every day as you make decisions on when to sleep. 3:30am is a REALLY good time to sleep 99.9999999% of the time. Mommy really enjoys her sleep, but she wasn't too worried when you woke up at 3:30am and wanted to eat and get a diaper change. That's entirely normal. You usually eat, get a diaper change and then go back to sleep.
What's not normal is staying awake until about 2pm with only very light naps in that 10.5 hour time. Mommy doesn't get a nap that way and tends to get really tired.
One way to tell if you really should be sleeping is if it's really dark in the room. You know how you can see better when things are all illuminated? That's called light. You can't see very well in the dark (or at all for that matter at this point), so it's a good time to get some sleep. Please keep that in mind tonight, because Mommy and Daddy are both really tired today.
Love,
Daddy
I have one phrase for you.
If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
I recommend that you remember this phrase every day as you make decisions on when to sleep. 3:30am is a REALLY good time to sleep 99.9999999% of the time. Mommy really enjoys her sleep, but she wasn't too worried when you woke up at 3:30am and wanted to eat and get a diaper change. That's entirely normal. You usually eat, get a diaper change and then go back to sleep.
What's not normal is staying awake until about 2pm with only very light naps in that 10.5 hour time. Mommy doesn't get a nap that way and tends to get really tired.
One way to tell if you really should be sleeping is if it's really dark in the room. You know how you can see better when things are all illuminated? That's called light. You can't see very well in the dark (or at all for that matter at this point), so it's a good time to get some sleep. Please keep that in mind tonight, because Mommy and Daddy are both really tired today.
Love,
Daddy
Monday, May 10, 2010
Catching some zzzzz's
Dear Lilia,
To put it in short, your daddy is whooped. You could get me to do anything for you by just staring at me with your big beautiful eyes. This however, does not really extend into the night-time quite as much. I still love you just as much at night, but I can't really see your eyes in the dark and I feel it would be much better if you decided that 10pm - 6am was sleeping time.
Now the problem could be remedied by simply moving to India where the days and nights are opposite to those here, but I really don't feel that's financially possible at this point. Maybe in 25 years when you are rich and famous we can discuss the logistics.
Love,
Daddy
To put it in short, your daddy is whooped. You could get me to do anything for you by just staring at me with your big beautiful eyes. This however, does not really extend into the night-time quite as much. I still love you just as much at night, but I can't really see your eyes in the dark and I feel it would be much better if you decided that 10pm - 6am was sleeping time.
Now the problem could be remedied by simply moving to India where the days and nights are opposite to those here, but I really don't feel that's financially possible at this point. Maybe in 25 years when you are rich and famous we can discuss the logistics.
Love,
Daddy
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