I miss sleep

I miss sleep. I know it is commonly said that you will never get a full nights sleep again once you become a parent.

I like sleep. I think it is important.

My daughter does not care about my sleep!
As I mentioned earlier she has been sick for the last few weeks. Everynight we go through the same ritual....Bedtime story....She goes to sleep in her crib.....approx 3am she wakes.....insists on coming to sleep in my bed....DD has a good nights sleep....I spend the night making sure she is safe.

If I try to get DD back into her crib she cries.
I am worried about this. DD used to hate when I wanted to with her cuddle in bed. Now it is what she wants.
There are a number of factors that could be influencing this.
1.We moved
2.She has her own room now
3.She is sick
4.She is just starting to realise that father does not live with us anymore.

I am just hoping that when the sickness is over she will go back to sleeping through the night in her crib.


Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

My first entry!

Today I decided to start a blog about my life as a single mother with a young daughter.
My daughter is not quite 2 yet but she will be in a few months.
Life is definitely not easy but it is filled with a lot of joy.

My DD has been sick for what seems like the last month.
I have not gotten a full night sleep because she has been waking up every night. When she wakes up she will not go back to sleep unless she comes into my room or we fall asleep on the couch together.

We have been to the doctor 3 times and they keep telling me it is viral. That means bring her home and give her Motrin until it passes. This week the told me to start her on Amoxycillen. (Does that mean they have been wrong all along and it is bacterial or they are trying to pacify me by giving her medicine???)

I started giving her the medicine last night. Giving medicine to a toddler...well my toddler anyways is not pleasant. She flat out refuses to take it. If I try and force her to take it she ends up spitting it back up all over me and usually herself too.
My trick is to sneak it to her in juice or in a bottle..
DD was off the bottle until she got sick..... Now when she cries she cries "I want my bockie" a.k.a bottle.
Another thing she has been crying is "I want my daddy". This breaks my heart. It also makes me feel like I am not good enough for her.