willowroot: (Zombie Dyslexia!)
willowroot ([personal profile] willowroot) wrote2010-12-20 12:24 pm

Note to future self/ves/other parental units...

Recipe for a Miserable Night:

Take one (1) baby with their first head cold.
Mix liberally with one (1) breast-feeding mother with food poisoning.
Top with one (1) post-stress-mania father physically crashing after two months of intense work.
Simmer overnight.

Why, yes, I *have* had 7 hours of sleep today. In 3 separate blocks of time, each separated by more than an hour of being awake and taking care of the baby. Why, no, I'm not dead on my feet or so exhausted that I'm staying upright only through liberal application of caffeine.

Re: We have that very product...

[identity profile] sorcycat.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
If she wants to eat every 2 hours then maybe she's not waking up because her nose is stuff but because she is in a growth spurt. If so, it's unlucky to have these things happen at the same time, but at least you know the growth spurt will come to a close, as will a cold. :)

Anyway, you have my sympathies on this. If you need a little extra sleep, try a liberal application of Grandma. (My Mom saved my life when me, my husband, and the first kid had norovirus all at the same fracking time.)

Finally, congrats, Dr. Gray. Of course, this title makes you sound like a Bond villain.

Re: We have that very product...

[identity profile] georgmi.livejournal.com 2010-12-20 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, this title makes you sound like a Bond villain.

You say that like it's a bad thing.