Dear Wits End,

Hmm sleep you say?

It's been awhile since I've made it all the way to you wits end but here I am. A lot of the time I'm waving from a distance knowing I'm coming up to my wits end, but then fortune smiles upon me and I get to move away from you again. Not these days though, these days I'm camped out near you mapping out measurements for a permanent residence.

My son will. Not. sleep. Okay, let me rephrase. He will not sleep for longer than, at most, 3 hours at a time. I cannot for the life of me get this kid to give me a long stint at night. Every night that he gets up so consistently has brought me closer to you wits end. I have nothing against you...wait...I'm lying...I have everything against you! I don't want to be near you let along AT you!

I'm thinkin' about it...

If I have to be here then the least you could do is tell me how to get the little blighter to actually freaking stay sleeping. I'll own up to the fact that it's hard for me to hear him moving around in his crib and not want to go and pick him up. In fact I'll go so far as to say that's part of the problem, but wits end, what has brought me to you is figuring out how to tell the boy that morning isn't the time for him to boycott eating. He should be taking a break from eating at NIGHT. That's why we have this thing called breakfast to 'break' the 'fast' of NOT EATING. Oh wits end I love this sweet sweet boy so much and I did have an idea that he'd bring me to you. We've been here before, his sweet sister brought me to you on a regular basis.

...NAH being awake is fun!

However I find a glaring difference because at this point she actually slept through the night. Yeah sure she nursed sometimes 2 or 3 times but goodness at least she'd go back to sleep without a problem. I didn't have to endure the hour of grunting or whinging or whatever it is he does in between feedings.

Wits end I'll break it down very simply for you, I want to move away from you. I don't want to be here again, I'm aware that teething might bring me over to your neck of woods soon but could I get a break?? A few weeks of normal, human sleep?? Is that really too much to ask? I've tried talking to 5am, growth spurt and even sleep itself but I get NOTHING! I'd talk to DS if he wasn't so busy being the cutest little baby who never slept longer than 3 hours at a time! *sigh*

Okay I get it, I signed up for this and all that rot. I know there will be a time when I will look back on this and smile fondly...oh wait no I don't think I'll look back on lack of sleep fondly. His baby cuteness maybe, but not so much the lack of sleep. I will be happy when that's over with for good, or replaced by lack of sleep due to worry.

Tiredly yours,
Chatty Mama