Name: Ben, aka Pookie
Age: Two months old
Profession: Baby
Twitter: @notnapping
Likes: Eating, baths and not napping
Dislikes: Napping
Hobbies: Staring at faces, ceiling lights and items with contrast; figuring out he has hands; not napping
Most likely to be found... Not napping
Favorite saying: You snooze, you lose.
Favorite song: "Don't Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 'Cause I'm Not Sleeping"
Favorite movie: Eyes Not Wide Shut
Favorite book: The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
Favorite poem: "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. (See: "Miles to go before I sleep.")
Favorite city: New York, aka the city that never sleeps
Life goals: Score Guinness World Record for Most Non-Napping Baby
Most recent accomplishments: Staying mostly awake for six hours, with just two ten-minute naps; starting a change.org petition to ban naps
Mom says: "OMG! I CAN'T KEEP DRIVING AROUND IN OUR MINIVAN SO HE WILL FALL ASLEEP! WHY DOESN'T HE NAP? HELP. ME."
Ben says: "Cooooooo! Goo!"
As someone has said, "it's a good thing they're cute when they're little.". Hang in there Mama!
ReplyDeleteI have finals today. I don't have a choice as to whether I can sleep or not. :)
ReplyDeleteFlutistPride....
DeleteYou have finals today?! Well.... Good luck, Friend!! ;)
Love you later, Raelyn
This is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteEllen....
ReplyDeleteA sense of humor is an incredible tool that has--and does!!--help me through some difficult times!! This is one hilarious Blog post!! ;-D
Love you later, Raelyn
PS. Happy, happy, happy belated birthday, Max!! Here's to many, many, many more!! Better late than never.... Right? ;)
I have so been there. SO MUCH. SO MUCH BEING THERE. And doing that. And I am so, so sorry. The good news, though very far off, is that someday Ben will learn to use the remote for your tv or to turn on the lights in the playroom or to read, and he will wake up at dawn and do his own thing while you sleep until 7. In the meantime, I'll tell you the one most useful thing anyone ever told me:
ReplyDeleteSurrender.
I spun my wheels for months and months worrying about when my 1st daughter would sleep, for how long, how I would sleep or if I would ever sleep, and then someone told me to just surrender and accept that sleep wasn't one of the gifts I was going to get. Sitting quietly is not bad. Sitting in a rocking chair with a baby in your lap is good rest for your body -- not as good as sleep, but better than nothing. I wish you peaceful moments of surrender with that very cute boy, whenever you can catch them.
But dang. Yeah. It's HARD!
Oh Ben. But how could we all not love you anyway, you are just so cute!!! Does he sleep well at night, Ellen? My poor mother, my sister and I never slept well and I still don't a portion of the time
ReplyDeleteHaha, I love this! Hoping you and Ben get some quality nap-time in soon :)
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