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Dear Dad – A Mom’s Tired Plea

March 17, 2015 by Melanie

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dear dad

Dear Dad….

The baby is crying again.

He just won’t sleep. We are tired and getting cranky ourselves. Dreaming of hitting the sheets and our comfy down pillow. Isn’t that funny? We are dreaming of dreaming. These tired eyes are getting darker circles by the minute, while the babies cries are getting louder. I have been rocking the baby for almost two hours, and each time I set him down his eyes burst open and the tears stream down his face. Back to square one.

And then you come up and ask, “Why is he crying? Why won’t he sleep?”

Please don’t! Asking this does not help, in fact it makes things worse. If I knew what was wrong, I would fix it. This comment can fill my insides with steam, as I am already frazzled and tired.

Dear Dad…

Please just keep this silly comment to yourself. Leave me to the cries, or you take the reigns. But please don’t ask me why the baby is crying. We are both so tired, but neither of us will be sleeping like this.

I take the baby back to our bed, I can feel your eyes rolling from across the room. I’m tired, he’s tired. We need sleep.

You ask, “will he be in our bed until college?”

Not helping dad.

I, too, dream of days of uninterrupted sleep without a baby’s foot in my ribs and a pillow to myself. In fact, it all seems like a distant memory that I barely remember. So please don’t tell me you are tired in the morning, I am tired too. I don’t think I’ve hit a full REM cycle since the baby was born.  So for now, I am off to bed, with baby in tow. So please don’t ask me when the baby will sleep on his own. In his crib. All night.

Right now I just choose sleep. Any tiny glimpse of it. I will do whatever allows me to lay my head on a pillow with my eyes closed tight.

Dear Dad…

We love you. But please don’t say those words.

Maybe I am just cranky and maybe I just need some sleep. But those are two comments that are enough to drive this mommy mad. We get enough backhanded comments from outsiders. Let’s keep these two comments out of the house. We will all be a lot happier. If you want to help, grab the baby and let me take a nap. Or make us another pot of coffee. Even better,  Mothers Day is coming up… I envision a nice spa day. We know you don’t mean it, you may not even know that it frustrates us. Like I said, I might just be tried and cranky.

With Love,

Mommy

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Welcome to Time for Mom!

Welcome to the final Time for Mom link up!  Yes, you read that correctly, this week will be the last week for Time for Mom.  The four of us co-hostesses discussed this recently and decided that while we had a good run, Time for Mom has run it’s course.  We will all continue to write about parenting and “kid stuff” on our blogs, so please follow along on each of our pages for many more posts to come!  Melissa will continue her parenting/preemie Tuesday posts, Brie will continue writing her fantastic parenting posts, Larisha will continue sharing her natural parenting tips and Rachel will keep writing about kids activities and toddler friendly recipes.

Thanks for the wonderful years of Time for Mom everyone!  If you wish to keep sharing your post with us weekly, please feel free to request to join our group Pinterest board, Time for Mom Superstars!

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-Hint of Green Pancakes

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