Then how the HELL do parents survive? I had a rude “awakening” this weekend when I realized that I feel like complete ass when I don’t get at least 7 hours of sleep, and even then I feel like half an ass without 8 or more. Parents tell me that you change when you have a baby, that your maternal instinct takes over and that you become a very light sleeper. NOOOOOOO!!! I don’t want to be a light sleeper! I love sleep! I love it more than yummy Italian food, chocolate cake, Hugh Grant movies…and yes, I may even love it more than sex most of the time. I hope the Baby Rabies doesn’t change that.
Really, you don’t want to know me if I’ve gone more than two nights without a good night’s sleep. Not only am I prone to be a complete whiny bitch, but I am also terribly forgetful and clumsy. That can’t be good if you have a baby to take care of during the day, or even worse – a job to go to. I can totally see myself sneaking into a bathroom stall at lunch to take a nap on the toilet or calling the sitter to say I have to work late and locking myself in my car to doze.
Here’s hoping that along with those maternal instincts I will apparently develop upon birth, I will receive the super human ability to sleep while looking like I am performing mundane daily routines like answering emails, walking the dogs and driving….hmmm…maybe that’s what the lady who nearly killed me in her Range Rover the other day was doing. I should really give crazy lady drivers the benefit of the doubt.
I must say this is my biggest concern when it comes to reproducing. I enjoy sleep way to much and to have to get up to take care of someone seems unheard of. I definitely hope the maternal instincts kick in, otherwise, my husband is going to be very angry with me.
“I should really give crazy lady drivers the benefit of the doubt.”
That’s so funny!
I don’t know how people do it. My dog was very sick in February and we had at least 3 weeks of having to take him out several times a night. The first week was okay, but then I really started dragging.
This is what I keep telling myself, if my brother-in-law can do it, anyone can.
oh this is so me also! we had friends in town with their 9 week old….yeah i am offically scared for the loss of sleep i am already loosing just thinking about it! I know that the end result will be worth it but i warn anyone to get in my way and it will not be pretty with little to no sleep.
Love the blog by the way!