I have found that since I became a mom... over 14 years ago... I don't sleep. Little noises wake me up. My pattern of getting a full-night's rest is totally screwed! I have gained some additional patience, but for the most part, that is off-set by the lack of sleep and the increasing number of family meals. I am very protective of my child and would go to the ends of the earth for him. I guess, when you become a mom, you suddenly realize that you are their protector and no one (NO ONE) is gonna hurt that child... All your instincts starts becoming more in-tune and you know when something isn't right.
I've found since I became a mom, I never have any change in my purse. Now grandson tells me, "Gramma I collect dollar bills".
ReplyDeleteI can't sleep, I have no purse, and the grand kid took all my dollars.. Now my hookers have run off..
ReplyDeleteAwww...sleep- a lovely memory. When they are little you can't sleep for listening for them in the house. When they are teens you can't sleep because they aren't in the house.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya on the screwed up sleep! I have 3 kids who wake me up with their movements in the night and they all three sleep in their own rooms. That's how sensitive of a sleeper I've become.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I knew the Mama Bear craziness had set in when I found myself yelling and swearing at a 13-year-old who wasn't looking where he was going, and almost crashed his bike into my daughter's stroller when she was 4 months old.
ReplyDeleteI'm still embarrassed by it, but truly it was like I was possessed. I can't even describe the feeling of rage that swept over me. They should say "hell hath no fury like a mother"!
I've heard other mom's say they went from deep sleepers to light sleepers (which is really good!). That never happened to me. I remember falling alseep while breast feeding and waking up with milk everywhere. We even had a helicopter land behind our house and I didn't wake up! I'm glad my husband is a light sleeper! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who commented on this post.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to see I am not alone... and I am not the only zombie mom out there!!!!
Happy Holidays to everyone.!