So.
Last night my daughter was full tilt boogie at 8pm with no nap. Mind you, she looked like a drunk frat boy!! Haha She was all over the place. Volume on 10. Coordination at 0 (maybe a 1....maybe). Everything she saw made her "excited" and she just had to tell us every detail--a couple of times! By 8:30 she was still rarin' to go! I on the --other hand-- was not. I had had a very long day and at 24 weeks pregnant had little energy left in the reserve. I took her upstairs, put the TV on to "let her relax," and proceeded to conk out by 9/9:15pm. No clue when she went to sleep, but I will say she didn't try and wake me up. And for that I love her immensely! haha
Again, I am 24 weeks pregnant. It is difficult to get to sleep some nights. And impossible to stay asleep most nights. Up until last night though, that was only because my belly would get in the way when I tried to roll over. Or my Restless Leg Syndrome would wake me up. Or I would be unbearably hot from the bed sheet being on my. And usually I can get myself back to sleep within an hour or so. Last night/This morning, didn't happen.
My soonish-to-be-born son is (well WAS) a creature of habit, even at this stage. He likes to play at 6:30am and 10:30pm. He starts doing "laps" in my belly like a swimmer in a pool, pushing off one side to get to the other, then flipping, pushing off again, and repeat. Then he sits in the middle and gets his Tae Bo on like Billy Blanks is on channel W-WOMB or something!
Today though. Well today he was up at 3:30am. Which means, so was I. And today I wasn't able to go back to sleep. Needless to say it will be another long, long day.
Now back to the title of the post: Why you should love 3am wake ups.
Because I have been up since the ungodly hour of 3:30am, I decided to try and do some of my around-the-house things. Dishwasher? Ran. Trash? Out. Living Room? Tidied. Playroom? Nevermind, she'll just destroy that 4 minutes after she wakes up.
Moving on...
Mail? Sorted and put away. Today's To Do List? Written out and on the kitchen table. The things I'll need for today are on the dining room table by our front door so I don't forget them. My daughter's clothes for the day are laid out. I put the newest baby items received in the nursery. Looked over the things I've bought for my mom and FMIL for Mother's Day to make sure they are good to go. Piddled around on social media for a bit.
And I have written another blog post.
So see? Getting up at 3:30am can be a good thing. Now I'll be able to actually style my hair today, as opposed to just spritzing water on it and saying it's the "beachy waves" look. I might actually make it out the door by a decent time today. And I won't be too stressed doing that. Hopefully.
I have no intention of doing this again for a while, but --occasionally-- a 3am wake up can be a good thing. Now I'm going to go downstairs, make my iced tea, and be UN-productive for a bit.
It's all about balance!
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