It’s 3 am and I’ve been tossing and turning for hours. Perhaps I shouldn’t have taken that 3 hour nap with my son. Perhaps sitting on my tush most of the day eating bon bons (ha!) doesn’t help tire me out for a good night’s sleep. Perhaps I shouldn’t have had that mocha. Regardless, I’m wide awake at 3 am and ready to…well…do nothing. I hope that all this tossing and turning will rouse my snoring husband. Failed. I nudge him…he makes a noise that sounds like he might wake up. Not a chance.
“Jas”…I whisper…he moves…success! “I’m hungry,” trying not to sound whiny or needy. Silence. And then snoring. Seriously? This time I make my request very audible. “Jas…can I please have some Cheerios?” He’s awake now. And mildly annoyed that I’ve woken him up from his deep slumber. How I long to sleep like that for even one hour. “Can you eat some crackers?” he asks, knowing full-well that crackers (especially ones that have been sitting on his night-stand for days) aren’t going to satisfy this pregnant mama’s craving. Because when a pregnant woman wants Cheerios, she won’t be satisfied until she has had her bowl-ful. My husband sighs and makes unintelligible sounds, expressing his annoyance. Hey, I’m annoyed too. I have a 30 pound bump I’ve been carrying around, I fall asleep only to be awoken by my aching bladder or Braxton Hicks contractions, I’ve been forced to sleep on my side (with resultant hip pain), and have had back pain since the end of the first trimester. Not to mention the myriad of other pregnancy joys (sarcasm?) I would rather not discuss. So while I feel bad that I’ve awoken my husband, he’ll go back to sleep long before my bowl of Cheerios have hit my stomach.
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Great post Caryn! You know what else is really good? Cheerios, Grapenuts, and milk. I promise! You’ll love it 🙂
Hope you got some sleep after all 🙂
Can’t wait to see you in 1 week baby!!!
I met you at Disneyland last year at the Blog Mom Holiday mixer thing! I’ve been following you ever since.
Oh, I so remember those days at the end of the pregnancy when sleep was a distant memory! Then the baby comes and there’s still not a lot of sleep! Hang in there, Caryn! Your little sweetie is almost here! And HELLO!! My husband would have never gotten out of bed to get me cereal! Your dude rocks!
Oh yes, when you need a bowl of cereal in the middle of the night, nothing else will do. I’ve definitely made this request before. At least you are good enough to eat Cheerios. I was throwing back Lucky Charms!
What a good man… I was eating Pringles and banana splits. Guess that is why I gained 30 lbs. with the first and 50 (yes, FIFTY) lbs. with the second boy. You know what, BOTH of them LOVE Pringles chips and I can’t stand eating them anymore… However, I still love ice cream sundaes. I kept telling myself I was getting my potassium and calcium – hey, I didn’t drink milk.
My first husband wouldn’t get up and get me anything – even while I had serious sciatica… My hubby now is the best, most wonderful man in the world… he has been taking great care of me since my cervical spine surgery -waiting on me hand and foot. We did good picking out some great guys… I think you should keep your hubby…
Hope you got some rest before your little one came into this world and are both doing wonderfully now.