You Will Never Sleep the same Again...

“People would always say “It will get better, just give it time, wait until he’s 6 months, 9 months, etc.”

You Will Never Sleep Again

I remember one of my old colleagues telling me just that when discussing having children. I never thought much of it because I have always been able to get good sleep, and having a child was a very far off thought. Whenever possible, I would sleep in, and take my time doing things on my off days from work. It was nothing for me to get up and go and do basically whatever I wanted to. These were the days I took for granted as a person with no children.

Boy was I in for a rude awakening (pun intended). When we finally brought our prince home about 5 days after he was born, everything was ready. We had his pack and play comfortable, a clean a quiet room, everything they tell you that you need. He had to be fed every three hours or so, and for the most part he was quiet. My wife and I decided we would take 3 hour sleeping shifts throughout the night. In theory that sounded great, right? Yeah well, no.

First off, breast milk and formula in general goes through newborns systems so his bowel movements were REGULAR. So that meant he would wake up every-time he went. Those 3 hours I could sleep may as well have been 3 minutes because that is how fast they went. I would sleep on the floor next to his pack and play so I could hear every time he woke up. Ever since he was a baby he has had sleep challenges. Those challenges continue to this day even as a toddler (I will address that in another post). It seemed like he woke up every half hour, and boy was that irritating. My wife and I got into it a lot during this time 😊. People would always say “It will get better, just give it time, wait until he’s 6 months, 9 months, etc.” It has been two years bruh…. I just accepted the fact that I will be walking around like a zombie because nothing has changed.