In Need of Sleep

I know I've mentioned it before, but sleep is still elusive here. I hate to complain because the snuggles are nice, I know it won't last forever, and we could have much worse problems, but I am tired. Very tired. It is definitely starting to affect other parts of my life. I feel much more disheveled. Not that I was completely put together before, but now I just feel like a mess. And I am sure that there are lots of things that I could do to change that, but sleeping would definitely be the best. 

I get maybe two to three hours at night that Peanut will sleep on his own. That doesn't leave much time for getting anything done, and it seems all aspects of our life are suffering. The house is not in a state where I feel comfortable having company as I am behind on cleaning. Laundry isn't happening as quickly as I would like, and often stays clean but unfolded until it is time to do another load. I haven't been good about meal planning and prepping, and I seem to be constantly rushing and forgetting things. I am living in fear of Sunday since we'll be changing the clocks and I'm afraid that will just make things worse. I would love to simplify our lives and I think that is a step that we will have to take.

But for now, I just want sleep.

So peaceful, if only he would do this all night...

Sleepy, But Still Here

This past month has been rough. Sleep has been no existent as Peanut has decided that he will only sleep if I am holding him. I get him to take maybe an hour long nap in the morning, even less likely to get one in the afternoon, and he may sleep for an hour on his own at night. Sometimes he will sleep in hour long stretches over night, but the past few nights the only way to get him to sleep is to sleep next to him, which does not lead to a very good sleep for me. I am exhausted and barely functioning during the day, but life moves on, and I don't get to stop taking care of Munchkin just because I didn't sleep last night.

Something had to give, and recently it's been this blog. I very obviously didn't finish NaBloPoMo, but I also think that was a bit ambitious for me. So I am going to start a bit smaller, but I do plan on continuing. I have been feeling a little lost recently and I hope that writing here will help me sort things out, but that is a post for another time.

Loosing Sleep

I've been struggling for the past week, as Peanut has been sleeping in shorter stretches at night. The past few nights have be especially brutal as he didn't want to sleep at all unless he was nursing, and really didn't make it longer than two hours between sessions. Naps have not been great either, especially since Munchkin has completely dropped his nap now. Loosing so much sleep really shot my weekend, and most of today I suffered as well. I don't remember having this issue with Munchkin, although there is a lot of things that I blocked out. How do you deal with sleep issues?

A surprise nap in a sleepier time