On page 29 of the October 2005 edition of Wired Magazine are some interesting facts about babies with my commentary in bold.
- Percentage of babies with sleep problems: 69 (So far from my personal experience the number is 100.)
- Average number of nights per week parents of infants are awakened: 4 (I usually can sleep right through his midnight crying episodes, so this number seems a little high to me, but for my wife this is probably a little low.)
- Average number of hours of sleep lost per night: 1 (Is that for the 4 nights per week that parents are awakened or for the entire week? When we lose sleep we lose it big time, in chunks.)
- Decibels of a baby's cry: 115 (Is that all?)
- Decibels of a jackhammer: 105 (Really? I've never been woken up while sleeping next to a jackhammer, so I wouldn't have thought to compare the two.)
Last night was quickly becoming a perfect, peaceful Sunday night. Around 11:30 as I was drifting tranquilly into a halcyon dream, my son decided it was time for a few blood curdling screams. My my mind was transported through several states of consciousness (I counted at least four) in a matter of just seconds from serene to alert. Alert, but somewhat exhausted.
Teething. Must be teething, I reasoned. Get the Tylenol. Dose the boy. Shut him up. Get some sleep. For all of us.
5:30 AM. Alarm. Wake up. Tired. Especially for a Monday morning. Usually refreshed. Not so much today. Cooper. Sleeping. Little bugger. So now you can sleep all you want, huh?
I was never able to function on this little sleep until now. Eventually, I might even be able to do without sleep at all. That would be good. I could paint, sculpt things, write Hollywood manuscripts, and drink more beer.
The winner of tonight's photo contest is this submission from Marty in Cincinnati. Look at the slick do.
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3 comments:
Brings you to wonder how we all survived the late nights in college w/little to no sleep...
Cute 'do!
Sleep? Let me think...Oh yeah! I remember that! Nice, huh? I just wanna smooch that handsome baby boy!
Gah! I seriously thought my kid was the cutest kid in the world until I saw yours. Anyway, I guess I have a leg up in the sleep department. Yes I lost my fair share of sleep until about 5 months but the past 7 months I have only had to get up out of bed for the kid less than a handful of times.
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