Dear Sleep,

I miss you friend. It seems so long since we've hung out for an extended period of time. Also I would really appreciate it if you could spend some extra time with my son. When you don't hang out with him he wants to hang out with me and while I love him more than life itself in order for me to keep giving him life I need to get more of you.

You're a party animal sleep, can't sit still for long which troubles me because I need you to hang out with me for a number of hours at a time. My children would prefer their mother not a grizzly bear growling at them all day. I blame you for this sleep, if I had you I would not be grumpy. So for the love of everything holy quit flitting around my house and just land for the entire night. Please, or pretty please.

I'm pretty sure I shouldn't  be operating heavy machinery with the lack of you. That's got to be in the fine print somewhere on my insurance. I wonder if the washer and dryer qualify as heavy machinery? Not that it matters mind you, four people make enough laundry that tired or not it needs to get done. I find it odd that my infant son seems to rebuff you at every turn, yet I'm sure in a few years he'll be wishing he had all day to be able to enjoy you.

Sleep I may have ignored you in the past and I'm sorry for that. I recognise now how important you are in my life so please come back to me sleep. DH and I really could use some reprieve from our every day and we look forward to you at night. Maybe you could explain to DS at nap times today how important it is for him to hang out with you at night. I would really appreciate that, he seems to think if he indulges in you that he'll be missing something. He's got his whole life ahead of him, now is the time for him to grab onto you and not let go.

He'll have the rest of his life to wish he had...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sincerely,
Chatty Mama