Ins-MOM-nia

You would think with a constant run in Zombie mode that sleep would come easy at night, right?! I think to myself daily, "Man, I'm so tired! I'm going to sleep so good tonight!" Bedtime makes its debut, the baby goes down for the night, I get myself nestled into bed, and BOOM! Every possible thought I could have floods my mind.

I call it, "Ins-MOM-nia" ... It's every possible thought a Mom can have that keeps her from her much needed beauty sleep.  It's no wonder I'm constantly sporting dark circles and bags ... it's not the baby, it's the ins-MOM-nia!

Here's a little preview of my nightly neurotic-ness:

- Ahh! I'm so tired!

- (Staring at the baby) Gosh, she is so precious.  I can't believe I made her.

- Sigh, I miss her.  Hmm, maybe I can convince the hubby to let me bring her in the bed with us.

- No. No. No. Be strong!  You don't want to become dependent on co-sleeping!

- But she's such a good snuggler, I bet we'd both get some great sleep if I put her on my chest.

- No.  You can do this ... leave her in her bassinet.

- (Checks to see if the baby is breathing)

- I'll just Pinterest until I'm tired ... shouldn't be long, I'll zonk right out.

- (45 minutes later) I can't wait to try all these baby activities I just pinned.

- (Baby makes noise) What was that?! Is she ok? Maybe she'll wake up and I can coax her back to sleep on my chest!

- Dang, she just re-adjusted. Boo.

- (Staring at the baby) Gosh, I just love her so much.

- (Checks to see if the baby is breathing)

- I wish she would stay little.

- She's growing up so fast ... too fast.  Oh my god, she's almost 3 months old!

- (Staring at pictures on my phone) She was so tiny!  What happened?!

- I can't wait for her to say, "Momma!"  But that requires her growing up.

- Ok, you've really got to go to sleep.  You're going to be mad when the baby wakes up to eat and
you've just gone to sleep.

- (Baby makes noise) Oh, is she waking up?!

- Ugh, nope.  Just wiggling.  Hmm, I wonder if I swaddled her too tight?  No, she should be ok.

- Omgsh, what if she is swaddled too tight?!  What kind of complications does that cause?!

- Google "Complications from Swadding too tight"

- (Checks to see if the baby is breathing)

- Okay, you just need to chill out.  I highly doubt she's swaddled too tight.

- (Staring at the baby) Aww, she's just so peaceful.

- Okay, get yourself together, you've GOT to go to sleep!

- (Strange noise) What was that?  Was it the cats?

-  What if someone is breaking in?  What would I do?

- It was probably just the cats.

- Ugh, I'm hot.  I wonder if the baby is hot? (Sticks feet out of covers)

- (5 minutes later) Holy geez, I'm freezing.  I hope the baby isn't cold.

- Crap, I gotta pee. (Goes to bathroom)

- (Checks to see if baby is breathing)

- Okay, let's try this again. (Finally falls alseep)

- (Baby, makes noise) You wanna eat now? Can I have 5 more minutes?


Moms, please tell me I'm not crazy and you suffer from ins-MOM-nia too!