It's 12:01 a.m. and I have been lying in bed for the last twenty minutes listening to the baby cry. Guess what my hubbie is doing...that's right, snoring! Why is it that men can sleep right through a crying baby and moms can't? Why does it physically hurt me deep inside when the baby cries, and my husband tunes it out by turning the TV up even louder?
Tonight the baby is performing a new trick - rolling over onto his tummy and then nearly suffocating face down into the mattress. I have gone in several times to flip the poor thing back over, which makes him even more upset because I then leave. The doctor said not to worry about SIDS after they can roll over themselves, but he can only roll from back to belly - not back again.
He has probably been doing this rolling thing all night. After all, he has been in there since 6 p.m. - doctor's orders (must put him down wide awake so he learns to fall asleep by himself). It's just that we were out in the other room eating dinner (leftover tacos and queso) and watching a waste of a movie ("Fools Gold" with Kate Hudson). We probably just didn't hear the baby the whole time until now. I can't even believe I am up this late considering that I will be up again at 3 a.m. for his nightly feeding. That's when I catch up on my HGTV. I like this one show called "Sleep On It" where the people get to sleep in the house they are thinking about buying. How cool is that! I wish we had gotten to do that. Anyway, I digress.
I'm thinking a lot about a family friend tonight. Her name is Maddie. She is 25 and has been diagnosed with a type of blood cancer called myeloma. She woke up one day earlier this month and had blurry vision. That led to an MRI and blood work...and then the most awful news of cancer. She has been writing a blog every day from her hospital room - www.maddiebahar.blogspot.com. I looked up myeloma on wikipedia and it said that most people only survive 3 years (some sites say with certain treatments the survival rate can be much longer. Let's pray for that!). I can't imagine what her mother must be going through. To think that she probably worried like I am over the crib when Maddie was a baby, saw her through loosing her first tooth, learning to ride a bike, ballet recitals, her first heartbreak, and even her college graduation. I bet she never thought something like this would happen to her baby at 25! I've been praying that Maddie can beat this and live to walk down the aisle with her prince charming. She wants to dance her first dance to Michael Buble's "Everything". You can watch the video at:
After watching/listening to that song, check out the one called "Home" - that is my favorite.
12:18 and my husband is snoring louder than a train. He's on his back again. Unlike the baby, I desperately want him to flip over!!! He doesn't snore when he's on his side or stomach. I thought writing this blog would make me tired, but it's not. I am getting more and more awake. Ugh! Why am I not tired? I am always tired!!
Random question of the night - why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? Discuss amongst yourselves.
Well, shoot...still wide awake but nothing to say. My mind is actually a blank. Big poo poo head is still snoring like a fire breathing dragon. I think I'm getting a hot flash. Must get a diet coke.
12:29 a.m. No diaper duty at this hour!
P.S. Lincoln ate the FIRST thing I served him for dinner tonight...chicken fried rice. He loved it. Go figure!
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