Ma Maven | The Mom Without A Manual

Somebody tell me when I can sleep again. Like really be able to put my head down and drift into the deep abyss of dreamland?

I’m somewhat beating myself up because I stayed awake well after the babies went to sleep and watched a 2-hour movie on Netflix. I even had my husband bring me a fresh bag of popcorn for the event and considered finally cracking open that bottle of wine I have stashed in the back of the fridge. Then I thought, “let me not get ahead of myself”.

Not long after finishing my movie then suddenly dozing off to dreamland, I heard cries from my daughter’s room. I’m thinking to myself, “she’s probably having a tough time looking for her pacifier. She’ll go back to sleep soon.”. But no that was not the case. Mid midnight diaper change and my 3-month-old join in on the party. Luckily he’s looking for mommy’s milk to put him back to bed.

Man, I wish my husband could breastfeed. I know this whole ordeal was probably less than 30 minutes of my life but now it’s going to take me at least an hour to get back to sleep. Maybe even two. I hope their internal alarm clocks aren’t set for 5 am.