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Who needs a highly scientific study to prove that theory? I'm living proof! As I sit here writing this article, I'm sporting a lovely burgeoning black eye from a 4 am head-banging last night. And I'm not speaking of the Enter Sandman variety, either.
I'm considered one of the lucky ones, folks. I am the mother to an extremely good sleeper - he started snoozing twelve hours a night at three months old and never looked back. So when a rare late night outburst occurs, my husband and I act like a couple of highly-confused, half-awake idiots. Stumbling around the bedroom, stubbing our toes, collectively muttering under our breath.
Last night was a doozie. The screaming started at 3:00 and ended at 4:45 am, and as we finally climbed back into bed, we knocked heads with such force, I thought my eye socket exploded. Literally. The pain was horrible. Of course, my throbbing head kept me from falling asleep until an hour before my baby woke up READY! FOR! THE! DAY!
Let's just say I'm ready for this day to be over.
Tell me, has your child caused you to go bump in the night?
I'm considered one of the lucky ones, folks. I am the mother to an extremely good sleeper - he started snoozing twelve hours a night at three months old and never looked back. So when a rare late night outburst occurs, my husband and I act like a couple of highly-confused, half-awake idiots. Stumbling around the bedroom, stubbing our toes, collectively muttering under our breath.
Last night was a doozie. The screaming started at 3:00 and ended at 4:45 am, and as we finally climbed back into bed, we knocked heads with such force, I thought my eye socket exploded. Literally. The pain was horrible. Of course, my throbbing head kept me from falling asleep until an hour before my baby woke up READY! FOR! THE! DAY!
Let's just say I'm ready for this day to be over.
Tell me, has your child caused you to go bump in the night?
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9-26-2007 @ 12:56PM
Sandyone said...Ha, ha, ha...when people ask you about the shiner, you can tell them that your husband gave it to you in bed!!
But seriously, be prepared for people to sadly offer you the number for Women in Distress and tell you to get some help. It's good that people actually do something about suspected abuse, but kind of uncomfortable when it really was just a silly accident.
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9-26-2007 @ 10:04AM
Jennie said...Oh, you poor thing! My husband and I once suffered an accidental head-banging and it was awful. We don't have kids, though. I guess we're just clumsy.
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9-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
ame s said...Yep.
9 years ago, I thought I heard my first daughter crying. I dove over my late-husband instead of getting out of bed on my side and slammed head first into his dresser.
This Spring, I accidentally set the weather radio to "alarm". It went off like an air raid siren. I jumped out of bed, ran to the living room where my daughter was sleeping(younger daughter was spending the night with my parents) and "woke up" sitting in the entry way floor. Nothing broken, just bruises.
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9-26-2007 @ 11:21AM
Amanda said...I'm cracking up over here! any one else hear the sounds of coconuts clunking together :0!
I am always the one who gets up with the kids because my husband is so uncoordinated when you wake him that he literally bounces off every surface in the house and trips over every toy, even ones that are put away I swear! dishes get broken, toes are stubbed. It's annoying
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9-26-2007 @ 12:22PM
queenoqueens said...Yes, we've done our share of Keystone Cops imitations at our house. It's my husband's fault though. He trips on air.
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9-26-2007 @ 2:26PM
Sabrina said...I'm fairly coordinated at night....or so I thought until I noticed several large bruises of about coffee table height on my legs one morning. Funny thing, I don't remember actually getting out of bed. My kids both sleep horribly and I'm up at least once an hour all night long. DH is deployed, so I guess I was just so tired from constant waking up that I sleepwalked into the table.
It's not much better when he's home though, when it's his "turn" to get up (anytime after 3am is his turn, til he leaves for work at 6:30am)he makes so much noise stomping and tripping on air, and walking into closed doors that I'd almost rather he just stayed in bed!
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9-26-2007 @ 3:50PM
andrea said...I don't think I've suffered any major injuries so far, but having a child who has never been a great sleeper, we've become used to navigating the house in the dark.
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