sleep sleep sleep....(sung to the Christmas song: Still, Still, Still)

My favorite Christmas song is Still, Still, Still.... but as a parent, the words Sleep, Sleep, Sleep are fitting.

As a parent, a good night's sleep is a blessed thing. It is a common thing to be awakened by a bad dream, a wet bed, an ear ache, growing pains, vomit, insomnia ("I can't fall asleep"), hunger, "I need to go potty", thirst, too cold, too hot, lightning/thunder, and lastly by being kicked/hit-be it inadvertant/intentional- by a bed partner...... and as if your issues weren't enough, then the kids can wake you up also with their problems! :)

Some kids are good sleepers, some are not. Some go through fazes of good and bad. Just when you think the house is getting settled down and you'll be able to get some ZZZZZ's someone breaks the carma by going through something that invariably costs a parent some sleep. I have learned to appreciate my kids sleep. I think my kids are the best kids on the planet.... when they are asleep. I love my kids more than anything.... when they are asleep. My kids are the cutest kids in town-bar none.... when they are asleep. There is love at home, the stars are aligned and the whole world is in harmony.... when the little ones are sleeping.

In residency with countless weeks over 100 hours working, we adopted a motto of "eat when you can, sleep when you can".... I think this is appropriate for parenting also.