I am exhausted!
By Shellyann36
@Shellyann36 (11383)
United States
February 16, 2012 2:25am CST
Both Adam & Eli are still suffering from the RSV. For some reason they both think that they need to stay up all night long. I am not getting to bed until 3 or later in the mornings and just as soon as I get to sleep good one of them will wake up. They are taking turns. When I get one laid down the other one wakes up. Keith come home let me sleep a while today but I am still tired. It is 3:23 am right now and I am hoping Eli is going to go to sleep soon. Are you up late?
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
20 Feb 12
Did you have twins too? Sleep is very hard to come by these days. Thanks for stopping by!
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
25 Feb 12
No I don't have twins. I have an eleven year old boy and a seven year old girl. I remember when my son was a baby, I had almost two years of no sleep. With my daughter, it was much easier. But I do not miss those sleepless nights. I do miss the time I spent with them.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
17 Feb 12
I've had some pretty crazy work hours going on lately. I am hoping I go to bed tonight on schedule..lol...if not..tomorrow might be a tough day. I have had to fill in for someone that works 3rd shift.
I hope you get some rest soon. It can really wear on you if you don't.
Take care.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Feb 12
i assume these are your kids? what is RSV? is it respitory something? im up way to late the past week. 4 or 5 am before i can sleep and dont know why. worst of all is then i sleep late in the day because of the need for sleep. and that only makes it harder. like a vicious circle
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
17 Feb 12
Hello there bunnybon. Yes, these are my kids, they are 3 month old twins. RSV is short for respiratory syncytial virus. It is very dangerous in infants. It is basically a cold for an adult but because the twins were born premature and they are so young it is very dangerous for them. I hope you get more sleep soon. Thanks for stopping by.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
16 Feb 12
Try to catch some naps while they are both asleep or quiet. Even a little bit of sleep, or even laying down, will help you out. Babies can be more energetic than what you´d wish. But the older they get, the more work you´ll have, so enjoy this monent
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
17 Feb 12
marguicha you are so right they will get older and be more work. They are already very active so I see me chasing them around the house often. I do try to get sleep while they sleep. The problem with them is that they are on opposite schedules. Once one is asleep the other one will wake up. This was not this way before they got the RSV. After getting the RSV they started sleeping opposite hours. Thank you for stopping by.
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
20 Feb 12
Thank you so much for stopping by indi15. They are getting better.
@Ernnesto (180)
• Slovak Republic
16 Feb 12
Hello Shellyann36
I use to be up until 2 a.m. this time. I am wakeing up really late every day, and that cause me that I can not sleep until 2 am usually. But still I am in more confortable situation than you. But when you really need to take care about someone who love, there is no night, I believe you. I hope that you will be have a time for a rest in next days.
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
17 Feb 12
Ernesto good to see that you are getting some sleep in during the day. I wish I could say the same. It will all work out eventually. I hope that they will be well soon and all of this will be behind me. Thanks for stopping by.
@nyang1984 (464)
• Philippines
16 Feb 12
i was in your shoes before but mine is not a twins. my child way back he wakes up 12:00a.m and go back to sleep almost 3:00a.m... am kinda grateful at the time cause i didn't have to go to work it's only my partner who works for us. :)
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
17 Feb 12
It is difficult at times being a parent isn't it? My partner works for us too. He does come home in the afternoon and I get to sleep a few hours after we eat the evening meal but that does not help much when I am going for 17 hours watching sick children. At least I get more of a break on the weekends. Thanks for stopping by.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Feb 17
I hope by now that is over and everyone is sleeping well, I had to search for a discussion I haven't commented on so that is whay this old post caught my attention.
