I’ve been working so hard to not lose my patience with the girls and not sigh or grunt when they ask me to do a million things for them right after the other, and I’ve been doing really well. But unfortunately, Saturday morning wasn’t one of them.
Aiden was awake from 6 p.m on Friday night until 5:30 am on Saturday morning this past weekend. I watched him until 2:30 a.m and I don’t really remember, but I guess I woke Jay up and handed him the baby, and went to sleep. I was woken up at 6:30 am by the girls and got the girls milk, breakfast, told them not to wake up daddy and turned on a movie on the ipad for them so that I could get just a little more sleep. I was so dang tired. Well, between then(7 am) and until 8 am, so between those 60 or so mins., the girls woke me up 4 times. FOUR TIMES!!! I’ve told them to not wake me up unless it’s an emergency but apparently, finding corn starch to play with(corn starch + water makes cool effect as I’m sure you know, darn me for introducing it to them the day before) was a case of a serious emergency. The first time I was woken up, I was asked where it was. Second time, I had to tell them more precisely just where to find the box of corn starch and what it looked like. You know, it has a picture of corn on the front of the box. Third time, and by this time, you’d think I would just get up and get the corn starch for them, but I was so delirious and tired, the exertion it’d take to get my legs to stand up and walking just sounded like too much to bear, I told them in more detail just where they’d find it and what it looks like. When I was woken up for the fourth time, I got mad at them and told them to forget about it! Just don’t play with it if you can’t find it!
After they left me alone, I was too mad to go back to sleep. So I went to the kitchen to where they were and said, “Corn starch is not an emergency! I’ve told you to only wake me up if it’s an emergency, and corn starch is not an emergency! Do you know how tired I am? No, because you get a good night’s sleep every night!” I was about to cry. By then, Jay woke up by my loud voice and he came to the kitchen as he gently grabbed my shoulders and started guiding me back to my bedroom. “It’s okay honey, just go back to sleep. Just calm down, I know you’re tired. It’s okay, just go back to sleep.” As I kept turning around to the girls to say to them, “No, they have to know that corn starch is not an emergency. Corn starch is not an emergency, corn starch is NOT an emergency!”
So in case you didn’t know, corn starch is not an emergency. How was your Saturday morning? π
Ice Pandora says
Oh dearie, what a night you must
had! I think that's one of the
hectic a mum experience. And its
okay! Thumbs up to have an
amazing husband like yours really
and I can tell you are being a
great mum for your kids c: Xx
Pearl says
I agree Sarah! corn starch is not an emergency!! aww.. your blog just brought back memories as recent as yesterday of all things my kids think of as an emergency…guess we'll look back at this one day and say we really miss these days…cannot come too soon. π
harmony says
AMEN!! love the story, because i find myself flying off the handle at my kids too when they start whining or when they wake me up unnecessarily. that's soooo me: "do you realize how tired i am?!!! no, you don't!" eeek. thanks for sharing! LOL
Mel says
It is not. Sorry that the baby is being a rotten sleeper but at least you get to share out your pain with Jay!
Sarah says
Thank you for your sweet comment. And yes, he saves me everyday! π
Sarah says
Yes, we'll miss it soon enough. That's what I tell myself to make myself feel better. π
Sarah says
Yes, I can't take the whine! Glad you can relate! π
Sarah says
Yes, so true, I don't know how single mothers do it! They're amazing!
CabezaDeNispero says
Oh! I love your blog because you have amazig diy clothes ideas… but now I read this entry and I m now absolut in love of you. Thanks for show this dark side of the maternity. You are amazing!
Sorry, my english is not to good, Im from Spain!
Love β‘ Lola
http://www.mumhug.com
CabezaDeNispero says
Oh! I love your blog because you have amazig diy clothes ideas… but now I read this entry and I m now absolut in love of you. Thanks for show this dark side of the maternity. You are amazing!
Sorry, my english is not to good, Im from Spain!
Love β‘ Lola
http://www.mumhug.com