Tired Mommy

I'm not sure how many hours of sleep I got last night. All I know is that I'm pretty tired right now...as Tesla snoozes deeply for her morning nap. Poor girl, she's had a cold. I woke up at some weird hour due to her noisy breathing. I ended up turning the lights on to discover the most gigantic snot coming out of her nose, so I spent some time dragging that out. I also did more than usual diaper changes.

Then at 4am, she was ready to get up. Not the kind where I could pat her side while she cooed and played with the blanket. She was wide awake and ready for some entertaining. She just learned how fun it is to scream and squeal, so she started that up quite loudly despite my shushes since we have guests from Germany sleeping in the next room. I finally turned the light on and had to play with her. I kept lying down and closing my eyes, but every time I peeked open, she was looking at me with a big grin. I didn't want her to think mommy didn't like her by ignoring her so I tried my best to occupy her. But boy, now I'm so tired! Plus, I fed her a lot to coax her back to sleep several times. By 6am, she went back to bed.

Usually, Dav helps me out, but today he had to go to the office and function like an intelligent human, so he slept in his office to get a good night's rest. When he came in to shower, I was glued to the bed. After he left for work, I took a shower, gave Tesla a bath, then she conked out again.

I think it's partially her cold that is making her sleep wonky. But the past week +, she's been waking several times at night. In the past, she would fidget a bit and suck her thumb. Before she awoke, I'd feed her, and all was fine. Not sure what's going on now. It's OK though...as long as I don't have to be in an office in the morning. I'm just, you know, a little tired. : )