Those Early Morning Wake-Up Calls

One of the hardest things about being a Mother, for me at least, is dealing with those early morning wake-up calls.

I have always been a light sleeper & since becoming a Mom I don't think I've slept for more than a 3-4 hr stretch of time without instinctively waking up. There are baby monitors in both of your rooms, turned up rather loud -- so loud, infact, that I can hear you breathing! I tune into each monitor, listen intently for a few minutes & then I go back to sleep. This has become part of my normal bedtime routine & to be honest I'm actually used to it.

What I am not used to is being woken up when I AM in a good, solid sleep & somehow the both of you know exactly when that is!! No one ever wakes up when I'm already awake!

Take last night, for example. At approx. 3:45A you, my darling Isabella, decided to have a little chat with yourself. I never had to go into your room -- you weren't crying or fussing -- you were simply baby talking for about 20 minutes before you fell back asleep. While it was SO sweet listening to you I do wish it had happened at 6:35A instead of 3:45A! After you had quieted down I eventually got myself back to sleep only to be woken up around 4:45A, this time by you, Mr. Kyle Crocodile. It started with a quiet "Mom?" that came over the monitor. Then, rather rapidly, it turned into yelling "Mom? Mama?? Mom!! Mommy? MAMA!?? MOOOOOOM!!!!!".. It always amazes me how both Dad & Bella sleep through this kind of yelling in the middle of the night! You would think, by the tone of your voice, that the house was on fire..but no...you were simply yelling because you wanted to be tucked in tighter & you needed to use the bathroom. By the time I crawled back into bed it was after 5A. And just as luck would have it, Isabella decided to wake up bright eyed & bushy tailed at 6A.

Functioning on just a few hours sleep (and a whole lot of coffee) is not as easy as some may think. But somehow, someway, my body understands that this is just how it is. And I just know that someday I'm going to miss those early morning wake-up calls so as tired as I may be I'm still grateful that you both need me - no matter what time the clock says it is :)