Sleept.

When I first started with my fitbit, I was sleeping pretty well. Maybe one wake up during the night, maybe not. Eight minutes to fall asleep. I’m a little obsessed with my sleep cycle, so I look at it often. More recently, though, I am having trouble going to bed, falling asleep; I wake up five, eight times a night. Consequently, obviously, I don’t feel exactly rested. 

I can’t tell if it started when Henry went through his sleep regression (he’s still waking up, but not to the same extent. Tuesday night he woke up at 12:23 asking for water. I got him water and put him back to bed and he quickly passed out. This wouldn’t have been such an issue except that I had finally fallen asleep maybe 15 minutes earlier.) I’m not sure what to do about my sleep. I could take over the counter sleep aids. They still do seem to help and I really don’t need the prescription ones. Otherwise though, I think I just need to find a sleep schedule of my own. C likes to fall asleep with the tv on, but Mister can fall asleep in 30 seconds – he doesn’t even know he’s done it. I end up watching the end of whatever he has on, and if that is baseball (Tuesday night, disastrous game) then I’m up until 10:30-11pm just watching that. Then I still have to figure out how to wind down.

Monday I was so tired I forgot my k-cups, had tea instead and then accidentally put coffee creamer in said tea. It was not a happy morning. This morning it took me 10 minutes longer to get ready because I kept forgetting what I was doing, and I had to make Spencer’s lunch which I forgot to do the night before.

Last night I fell asleep at a reasonable hour, but Henry woke up at 11. He apparently didn’t go back to sleep because I woke up three times during the night and he and C were on the couch. I didn’t not try to help – I needed my sleep.

I feel crappy complaining about my sleep when so many people have it worse than I do. But all I can say is I need more than I get, or I need more quality sleep. How do I make that happen?