I realize, once again, that the whole point I started off with in the last post, well…it got away from me. Yeah, the denial cum hypocrisy of some parents I’ve known is annoying and worthy of some public mockery, but that wasn’t the original message.

No, I was actually planning to focus on tiredness. Specifically, the tiredness you have when your ten month old will not sleep more than two hours at a stretch and will only do that once or twice before shifting to an “up every 40 minutes” regimen. Yeah, it sucks.

It sucks more for my wife than me, because the baby is nursing, and even if I can comfort her sans magic boob, it only lasts for about 20 minutes. Yeah, I can’t even score the key 40.

So now, as we search for the best eye creams to cover up the dark circles growing beneath our eyes, I wish fervently for the baby to get to her first birthday. After all, both of the boys were a year when they started sleeping through the night. Soon…soon…soon…

And I look at this as paying the price up front, because both boys now give us the whole night. They’re usually in bed before 8, and they sleep until at least 6. Yeah, 6 sounds early, especially considering I used to routinely go to bed around 3 or 4, but at least we get a night out of them. We can actually watch a movie of reasonable length after they go to bed… that’s a good thing.

Yes, I miss rest. And I especially miss a well-rested wife, but we’re going to make it. I know we will!