The Sleepless Toddler

I have a little girl who will be two at the end of next month. She has been virtually sleepless for the last month or so. Don't get me wrong, she does sleep. However, she doesn't sleep as much as I thought toddlers were supposed to sleep.

Naps are now virtually non-existent. I called the doctor and he said it was perfectly fine for her to faze out her naps this young. AHHH! I need that time to unwind and do thing around the house! Then, she doesn't actually go to bed until about 9:00. We try for an hour before she actually falls asleep.

You may think that a toddler who gets such little sleep must sleep through the night. Guess again! For about a month now she gets up and comes into our room about 2 or 3 times a night. It is exhausting!

My husband and I have tried every different method we can think of for getting her to at least sleep through the night again. We have another baby on the way (my blog: http://www.vbacadventure.com) and I am very worried about how much sleep I will actually be getting in a couple of months. Oh, the woes of motherhood!

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The Lonely Mommy

Being a stay-at-home mom can get lonely! Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love staying home with my daughter. She brings joy to my life I never dreamed imaginable. However, there are times that I crave some adult interaction.

When my husband comes home every night I seem to cling to him. It's like my only link to the outside world has now entered the house, so I need to soak up as much of him as possible. Although he understands, it has only been going on for two years. Soon we will be having a second child and I fear I will become even more clingy.

Right now I am working on becoming more active with adults. I have joined some playgroups with the hope that my daughter will get interaction as well as me. I have also started to plan a "girl's night out" night. We'll see how long that lasts with a newborn baby this summer. I'll keep you all posted.

Thank god for my husband!

My family and I recently moved into our new house. Since we built the house in the winter we were unable to plant grass on the exposed dirt (the ground was solid). This left a problem for the spring: Muddy dirt. Now my husband and I have the fun project of grading and planting grass seed. Since we have a two year old little girl, someone has to watch the baby while the other does yard work. Thank goodness for my husband!

Yesterday I watched from the comfort of my livingroom while my husband used a shovel to dig all the rock out from our land. Apparently some of our driveway rock had gone to the wrong spot and settled into the ground over the winter. He was sweating and sore by the day's end. Although I had a tough day trying to get my daughter to eat ANYTHING, I would take a toddler battle over physical labor any day.

My husband does so much for our household that I wouldn't even image doing. If I were a single parent I would be forced to pay for much of the work he has done. Thank goodness for my husband!