Comments on: Familiar territory

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:22:14 +0000

bwahhaaaaaa…oh, sorry. Don’t want to laugh at your pain but my….

Children are almost grown but still remember rocking them while in tears repeating, “please go to sleep, please go to sleep” over and over. I think that’s were the phrase, “nothing that good drugs couldn’t fix..” came from. And the husband, almost 30 years later… I’d like to tell you it gets better but ummm, no. Still won’t bother to look for stuff himself. And really if it weren’t for blogs like this and good friends I so would have divorced him years ago. It helps me to realize that he not doing “it” just to irritate the hell out of me, just something that comes with the chromosones apparently.

By: Gleemonex

Gleemonex — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:27:14 +0000

I almost vomited just now thinking of that situation, on your behalf. Holy flaming sleep-deprived hairy-chested SHATNER …

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:33 +0000

My 2.4 y/o does not sleep through the night. Ever. I can count on two fingers the number of nights I’ve slept 8 solid hours since he was born. We got his adenoids taken out, and while we hoped it would be the answer to our prayers, God clearly could give a shit. My son is slowly and methodically killing us, and all I can hope for now is that when he becomes a parent, his child will not sleep. Ever.

By: Megs

Megs — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:21:47 +0000

Nights that I make every effort to get Hank off to sleep from a nightwaking gently and with no crying and he actually goes down, I go to bed worn out and worried he’s going to wake up ten minutes later. There is no satisfaction.

Nights when I lose patience (after, say, hours of shenanigans or a nice BITE to the nipple) and toss him in the crib with a swift “I love you but it’s time to sleep. BYE” and he cries for like 2 angryangryangry minutes but then is immediately soundly asleep? Those nights I feel AWESOME. Like, THIS IS WHAT JUSTICE SOUNDS LIKE.

And 95% of the time it’s damn scenario 1. But when scenario 2 happens…magic.

The sleep of the just is right. I should feel satisfied and happy about scenario one, but after I sleep the restless sleep of a pussy. Sigh.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:52 +0000

Yeah…my husband would SO be in the doghouse for that. and he would know it too. Of course, he does it to me ALL the time.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:32 +0000

Oh my effing holy GOD you are the best way to get a morning started off right! Thank you for the laughs!
Ass GPS. You slay me.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:13:59 +0000

Effective! DUR!

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:13:04 +0000

I’ve already offered up sleep assvice here, so I’ll zipit this time, lol. I do think you have to get to that place of ‘Enough with this bullshit!’ before you can really dig in and solve or at least improve the sleep sitch. Good luck, sleep deprivation is a bitch!
On the husband not finding things in plain sight…..when mine asks (usually while standing in front of the open fridge door) where something is, I answer with something smart ass.
“Honey? Where is the mustard?”
“Why it’s in the shower, where we keep all of the mustard!”
“Honey? Where are my socks?”
“DUH! In the FREEZER!”
Not terribly affective, but highly amusing for me!

By: mrs.notouching

mrs.notouching — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:06:11 +0000

….arrrrh! story of my life!

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:05:27 +0000

Not to be a total ass here, but my little boy is the same age as Dylan and pulling the same thing waking up 2 or 3 times every night – and I just noticed that he’s getting his molars. Yeaaahhh. Not sure I can do anything to help with that precious hell, but it makes me feel better to know there might actually be a reason for the torture.