2 is hard.... especially when I have a VERY high maintenance toddler. I never get enough sleep and it affects every aspect of my life. I am a mean, mean, MEAN mommy when I am tired and cranky (which, right now, is all the time).
I have always needed a lot of sleep. In high school I always went to bed early because I needed to sleep 10 hrs to feel rested. I still need 9 hrs for it to be a 'great' nights sleep. I could manage with 7 straight for an 'okay' nights sleep but that is not even close to what is happening. I get maybe 3-4 hrs without interuption and am usually up for an hour during one wakeup to feed Quinn. Last night I was woken up probably every 45 min to an hour.
I am trying very hard to be grateful for my girls, but in all honesty, I don't like them right now. I always loved babies growing up and thought I would work in daycare and get married at 18 and have 6 of my own kids. Turns out babies are not my specialty. I can't wait till the girls are more independent (and for crying out loud) will sleep all night without waking me up.
Somehow I need to survive these brutal years of sleep deprivation (which, if you didn't know, is used as a form of torture!)
Heaven help me be grateful for my girls, and more patient and loving..... and please, please, PLEASE teach Hailey to deal with her emotions before I lose my mind.
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Right there with you, friend. :)
You and I should live closer together to help each other through our emotional toddlers early years. I completely understand--like I've said before, it sounds like Hailey and Zach were cut from the same cloth! I'll pray for you if you pray for me! :)
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