Lately, alot of people that congratulated me to the birth of Peanut, also asked me how badly I am sleep-deprived? Well, I have to say.... not at all. I am a good sleeper, meaning that I sleep deep and resting. I don't need many hours of sleep at night, and do very well when I have a very short night. Also, my daughter has been sleeping through (!) the night since week six, so for the last three weeks. If she did wake up - which happened twice I believe - it was easy to put her back to sleep within seconds (or minutes!) WITHOUT feeding. Yeah....
So I am good. I do know that there are some envious people out there that think I just want to brag and make them feel bad about feeding their kids until 24 months.... I am not! It is as the bible says it: "God only 'burdens' us with stuff that we can handle." I am not so good at waking up in the middle of the night and feed someone and then have to rock them back to sleep or such.... I am not a morning person, I am a night person. So if Peanut would have decided to be a night-owl (which I secretly nicknamed her when she was born!), then I would be fine with that....
So if you are one of those night-feeders and that works for you, great. I am having a hard time with it. And God is good. This is what this post is about, giving thanks to God to ALWAYS providing us with what we need. I need good sleepers at night. I need my evening open for stuff I (!) like to do. But I am also willing to get up at 5 am to play with the kids (reminder: I am not a morning person! - but I'll do it!).
God is Good.
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1 comments:
Yes, I'm so glad that He's provided you with just the right situation. And even if it was more challenging, He'd give you what you needed there too.
Also you are a confident mom when it comes to being okay with your baby not eating in the middle of the night. That is a good thing. I think a lot of us get worried that the baby won't get enough if we don't feed them when they wake up at night.... Your way is good; you have a healthy baby and you are happy too!
I wish I was someone who did well without a lot of sleep. I don't. I need lots of sleep or I'm just tired. Even the last couple of nights, the clock said I got an okay amount of sleep but I was stressed out in the evenings, so I didn't get good rest. Hopefully that will change tonight. Thankfully usually I do get good sleep, and enough of it.
Whew, I'm rambling! I guess it's time for bed. :)
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