Tit For Tat

It seems that every time I solve one annoying baby habit, another one begins. My latest and greatest conquest was finally getting Amanda to sleep through the night. Yay! We sleep again. We're not so crabby, the bags under are eyes are starting to go away. But wait, what now? Oh yes. Since she is sleeping all night long, 11 hours, she's ready to get up by 6 a.m. Sometimes earlier. Like this morning. 5 a.m. and she was ready to go. I ignored her for awhile, but she's loud when she wants to get out of her crib. Charlie went in and turned her mobile on, which quieted her for a bit, and then I finally got up to feed her at 5:5o a.m. Sorry, but that's way too early for me.

I used to be a morning person. Back in high school, even college. I was the nerd that took all 8 a.m. classes and was done by noon. I loved it. I was up, ready to go, starting my day. I had all afternoon to do whatever I wanted, which sometimes was watching a marathon of soap operas, but other times it was driving out to Brown County and breathing fresh air and watching the leaves change.

After having Andy, the early bird, I stopped being such a morning person. I love to sleep, but I also love my personal time, and I don't get very much personal time until the kids go to bed. Charlie and I are always saying what idiots we are for staying up so late, but if I don't get some time without the kids, which only happens at night, I may go insane. If you think I'm crazy now, just wait.

So, getting up at 5 a.m. to hang with Amanda, as much as I love her, is not so fun. I try to put her back to bed after I feed her, but she usually doesn't go for that. On the weekdays Charlie gets up soon after that and she hangs out in our bathroom while he showers. I usually get up while he's getting dressed or just out of the shower. But on the weekends, it's a different story. I get up to feed her, then the other two get up, and it's pretty tough to go back to sleep after that.

I know it's just a stage and it won't last long, but the shorter the better. I'm ready for some other weird habit to start, one that doesn't mess with my sleep patterns.