sleep

Usually when I write about sleep, it's about Celia. Not today. In fact, the irony is that Celia sleeps great and I can't take advantage of it by sleeping well myself! Lately I just can't get good sleep. I can't get comfortable, or Number Two is awake and moving around, or I have to go to the bathroom, or I'm having one of those weird and disturbingly vivid pregnancy dreams. Have you had those? Sometimes if I have one that's not a good dream, I'm all stressed out the rest of the night. One night I had a dream that Celia almost drowned. It was hard to even type that. It was awful. Anyway, I can't sleep. I'm tired every morning. All I want is to start sleeping well again because I still have FOUR months left, and that means four months when I could be sleeping before I spend who knows how many months up with a baby in the night! At only 23-24 weeks it seems much too early for all this.

This morning Celia woke up early for some reason around 5:15. There was no way I could get up that early (and she would have been a tired mess), so I went in her room and she asked "Is it morning time yet, Mommy?" She's so cute. I said no, it was still night time, and got in bed with her. I don't normally do that, but I couldn't sleep in my own bed anyway and thought I'd just get up after she went back to sleep. We lay down, and when I lie with her Pita always wants to have her arm around me or have her hands touching me somehow. Sometimes she lies half on top of me, sometimes puts an arm over my shoulder, sometimes she sleeps on her side with her hands cupping my face. And sometimes I'll open my eyes and she opens hers too, and she just lies there smiling at me like lying in bed with me is the best thing she's ever done. Which is very cute, but I couldn't get up! So I slept there for a while, and when I woke up Celia was fast asleep so I just got up for the day. I wish I could sleep like her. She always looks so snuggly and comfortable, and she sleeps so deeply.  

So, who has tips for me? I'm going to try taking time to wind down more before bed- maybe some stretching, read a book, have some sleepytime tea- and I will try getting to bed a little earlier. I already have one of those big pregnancy pillows and it does help some. His name is Joe the Plumber and Chris despises him. That's a story for another time. Anyway, I think the key is the actual sleep more than getting comfortable in bed.