Episode 23: Five Asleep in the Bed

🎬“Mom, my leg hurts.”

Both my older two are in my room crying.

It’s 2 am.

I’m out of kids' Tylenol except the chewable kind.

Cue instant meltdown. 😭

Welcome to 𝑀𝑦 M̶e̶s̶s̶y̶, 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 Mondays!

Daddy lays down the law: eat the chewable medicine or go back to your room.

The kids take the medicine.

Four in the bed.

Daddy says, "Son, come downstairs to guest bed with me."

Son wants mommy.

Daddy says, "Daughter, come downstairs with me."

Daughter wants mommy.

(Of course, they only want me at night)

Solution: two kids go downstairs in bed with me.

Three in the bed.

Son sleeps.

Daughter sleeps.

I do not.

Just little bits here and there.

Next day = so tired. 🥱

Two days later. I have insomnia.

I finally fall asleep in wee hours and get 30 minutes, then

⚡ huge thunderstorm and loss of power.

Toddler wakes up screaming because white noise machine turned off and thunder is scary.

Kids come up crying because the rain was pounding their window and thunder was scary.

Five in the bed.

It's a real Sound of Music moment, minus singing "My Favorite Things."

Kids sleep great; parents do not.

So the next day, kids rot their brains in front of 📺 while hubby and I sleep in until 11 am.

After getting everyone lunch, I sit down to work, and

the power goes out.

I play with kids for a bit,

then

fall asleep until 6 pm.

Whole day gone!

But I’m finally caught up from a bad week of sleep.

Lessons Learned:

👍 Don’t have kids

👍 Don’t let kids in your bed

Totally kidding! (well, mostly)

Real lesson: Showing real love to another by making sacrifices for them is always worth it.

And

While relationships may trump sleep, your body still needs it.

So make the right choice to build those relationships,

then do what needs to be done to recover.

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬?