I love it when a plan comes together
Before you have children none of your friends with children ever mentions sleep depravation or how you’ll crave 5 minutes on your own so that you can close your eyes.
In our house sleep has been one of those long lost memories. You know the ones that I mean. It’s a bit like your favorite moment as a child. Way back in the dim and distant that brings a smile to your face.
With Rose, our first, I did most of the nights. At the time I was contracting at Deutsche Bank and was lucky enough to be able to sneak off to the toilets for an hours kip during the day. Top tip for anyone who does this dont use the toilet roll as a cushion. It leaves a funny print on your face that everyone asks about!
This time round though my wife’s not been so lucky as my work has kept me very busy and I’ve seen very little of my bed as a result. Which means she’s done most of the nights.
The plan last night was that when I finished work at 1am I would feed Violet and then sneak into bed, fingers crossed she wouldn’t wake until the morning.
6.30am my wife gets up having had a full nights sleep ready to put the flags out as she thought we’d broken the milestone of first night straight through.
I didn’t say anything for at least half an hour!