The most valuable advice I've ever been given when it comes to having a child is to sleep every time the baby is asleep. Don't worry about getting laundry done (give it to your mom, friend, or church members because they truly do understand and want to help). Don't worry about cooking food because again, your mother, friends, and any other woman who has ever had a baby will be more than happy to provide you meals for weeks. It is vital that while you are recovering emotionally and physically from no longer growing a child in your body that you rest at every possible minute. This allows your body to heal and allows you to spend more happy time with your new bundle of joy. My question this morning though is when do you stop sleeping when your baby sleeps?
I woke up this morning at the usual time for waking up with my now 22 month old daughter. I listened for the cries that usually happen a few minutes after I wake up. I kept listening and listening and that sweet, screaming "Momma" never came. So the old advice, "sleep when baby sleeps" popped into my head. I laid in bed and went back to sleep. When I woke up I realized that I had gone to sleep at 8 when my kids went to sleep and woke up at 7 when Little Miss woke up. I counted up the 11 hours I had slept and then remembered that adults only need 6-8 hours off sleep. This begged the question when is it that you stop sleeping when the baby sleeps. Is it when they start sleeping through the night? Is it when they turn 1 or 2?
I've decided that probably, I should stop sleeping for the entire amount of time that my kids are sleeping. For one thing, I have piles of laundry that need to get done. For another thing, I think I'm making myself more tired by sleeping so much. Especially because I don't really feel tired, I'm just enjoying the squishiness of my bed. I've got to get up each morning. Blah!
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