OklahoMama

I mentioned that I read during night feedings. There is a very important reason why, other than to keep me awake. That reason being that if I don't have something else to do... I tend to buy things. Things I have ordered in the middle of the night since the tiny human was born: - Capri pants - Harem shorts - Printer ink (twice) - Diapers - A sun hat for baby - Flea meds for the dog (twice) - Toilet paper - Wipes - A baby scale - Baby clothes - Baby bows - My third pair of Teva sandals - Mother's milk tea - Fenugreek drink packets - 9 dresses (returned 7) - Diaper pail - 2 v-neck shirts - Toilet wands - Singing car mirror - Carseat toy - Baby headphones - Baby swim suit - Baby sunglasses - Dog collar - Taggy blankets - Bibs - Fleecy footie pajamas - Mobile - Stamps - Refills for diaper pail - Baby swimming pool - 6 types of swaddles (returned 4) - 4 kinds of teething toys - Matching bows for tiny human and me - A oven mitt that looks like ...

One of the things I worried the most about before having the tiny human was the night time. How would I cope with the lack of sleep. Would night feedings be hard? Would it be lonely? Would I sit up and cry in the dark because it was hard and lonely? The answer to most of the above questions was ultimately yes, but not all the time. I am not a night person. All throughout college, I went to bed early enough that everyone kind of made fun of me. 11? That was pushing it. 10? That's decent. 9? Now you are speaking my language. Because of my lack of night-owl-ness, I have never been overly fond of the dark. Nights do not feel friendly, they feel threatening and are not a place I want to hang out. Enter the tiny human. She was, most definitely, a night person when she came out. All tiny humans are. Well, they are pretty much round the clock people more so than night people, but they do love to party in the wee hours. Particularly when they are having some trouble gaining weig...