Gotta start somewhere

Me and my son Ty swimming at my parents house

Hello! I decided to write this blog because I really don't sleep a lot and this will give me something to do. Now don't be fooled by the title "sleepless mommy" because most of the time I am sleepless for many other reasons that are at no fault of my child.

However, the past few days Ty has contributed to my sleeplessness. See he is at an age where sleeping is merely an inconvenience. I swear he thinks he is going to miss out on something while he sleeps! This child is the king of power naps, sleeping only a half hour or so and deciding he is ready to tackle the world again! Unfortunately, this half hour nap thing only lasts him for about an hour and then I am left with a crumbling mess of a baby! At least, if nothing else, he's super cute.

So off to Barns & Noble to find a book or two on how to help babies sleep. Well let me tell you something! EVERYONE has an opinion on how, when, where, ect. your baby should sleep! Dr. So And So thinks your baby should cry it out (CIO) , Dr. Whatever His Name Is thinks your baby should be rocked and lets not mention what GRANDMA think should happen! Oh man! How do you know who is right? Well after about 20 times of returning baby books I decided none of them are right or wrong. They all have their ideas and they are valid ideas, but babies are not all alike. Its a fine blend of all the methods that works for your family.

Now for our family, The Martins, what is right for us? Well, just like finding a good wine, we are going to try a few. Last night was the "Love the Crap Out of Your Baby So He will Sleep" night. This is after last weeks heart wrenching " You Cry and Ill Check on You in Five", so needless to say I loved last night a whole lot more. He seemed to do pretty well! He did wake up after about a half hour and I had to rock him for a few more minutes but them he was out till 3:00am. At 3 he woke up but not really, just a whimper or two, nothing a good pat on the back could not fix. He was a champ and went straight back to sleep after I feed him at 6:00am and slept till his normal 7:30am. Man that was a lot easier then I thought it would be! Will it work tonight?

After hearing about our great night you might be a little confused because I use the word sleepless. You might be thinking "man how much sleep does this woman want?!?!? Her kid sleeps from 8:00pm till 7:30am, waking only a few times, and shes tired?! what the heck lady!" When life involves more then just one element it can be just a bit more difficult.

I am having some issues right now with some feelings I am feeling. That may sound funny to you, but more then likely if you are reading this, you know what the issues are and you understand why I am choosing not to divulge them. If you are that curious just email me and ask :)

My husband once told me you don't just marry a person you marry a family. You become part of a family which is hard. See when you are born into a family somethings seem so normal to you and when you marry into a family those same things could be considered strange. For example, in my husbands family birthdays are a time to give insulting cards and in my family we tend to give sentimental cards. Two different ways of doing things that one person has to get used too.

Now the two different ways of doing things is how I got so upset in the first place. I feel that the way I do things is a compromise and the way some other people do things is an unwillingness to compromise. I wish more then anything I could step outside of the situations and see them without having a bias. This is what I use my sister for, she is my logical person! I know that she is going to validate my feelings and give me a logical response, except for when she is the one I'm Upset with :) Love you Lisa!

So my up all night was because of family problems.........

Sometimes I wonder if this will ever end and if I'm the only one going through all this crap.


Now I promise The next blog will be better and the one after that even better. Practice makes perfect!

Until next time, may your nights be filled with rest!