Just keep moving
Posted by Alli on July 22, 2009
There are times when I don’t know my up from my right. I mean, I don’t know my left from my down. Or something along those lines. It’s what sleep deprivation will do to you.
To be fair, the type of sleep deprivation I’m experiencing lately isn’t the kind where you find yourself seeing the hours of 2 a.m, 3 a.m., and 4 a.m., plus all the minutes in between. No, my recent bought of sleep deprivation comes in the form of teasing sleep. I lie down, I fall asleep, and then suddenly I’m awake to tend to a crying child. All of this is within 15 minutes. The time it takes to tend to the child is probably less than ten minutes. The child is back asleep and in his crib. So I lie down, I fall asleep, and then suddenly I’m awake again. This time 30 minutes has passed…
Rinse, repeat. Sometimes an hour passes, sometimes two… on a good night there is a chunk of five hours that passes, but it is bookended with refusal to go to sleep and stay asleep (this is usually a two hour struggle) and then fighting to stay asleep but yet wanting to start the day (usually starts around 4:30 a.m.).
So, in an effort to combat the exhaustion, I just keep moving, trying to focus on something other than sitting down. Because, if I sit down, I will fall asleep (I’m writing this while asleep. I promise. It’s an awesome trick I learned). This week we have VBS, so it helps with the keep moving philosophy. At home I sit and play with Fuller, trying to keep out of my chair and away from the computer (not always successful)… all in an effort to stay awake.
I’m exploring remedies to the sleep issues, but for now, I’m just moving and moving, trying to stay awake.
Nellie said,
Hopefully T will soon have a good night routine! I don’t have a little one keeping me awake, but I can relate to no sleep. I lay in bed for at least an hour if not more and finally go to sleep only to wake up after about 30 minutes then back to sleep wake again and and again and again and again and again until I finally give up and get. Some days I have to get up before I give up.
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Grandma McF said,
I know what you are talking about. I get up about every 2 hours, to the bathroom, to bed and repeat all night. I go back to sleep easily but still the broken sleep is what is unsatisfactory. I am better since I have been having B-12 shots once a month….better on the ‘feel good’ side not the broken sleep. I do feel like I want to get up when I awaken in the morning. Still need a nap often or to bed at 8 PM. I realize at your stage neither of those are an option. Keep praying. As Aunt Sharon likes to say “This too shall end.”
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