Good Morning?

I'm not sure why I do it. It seems to happen most mornings... The morning debate about who got the least amount of sleep. "There's very little data about how parents sleep, but obviously there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that they don't sleep enough," says Thomas Roth, PhD, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. While fathers probably don't sleep so well either, mothers are perhaps likely to suffer more."
The situation is definitely exacerbated by the fact that we are all still in our hotel room. Anthony wakes on his own at 6:00 am and it seems to set off the domino effect in our little space. Bella or Lily will start making noise. This morning it was Lily. I can usually count on her to be my little ray of sunshine when I wake up; not the case today. She woke up screaming and inconsolable. My brain is just starting to adjust to the morning and I can't quite understand why she is so upset. Does she want Anthony? No. Breakfast? No. Diaper? No. She is just still tired, but now there is too much going on around her that she couldn't possibly go back to sleep because she might miss something. So we will all be awake, just not happy about it...
So I guess I could say that I win :-) I probably slept worse and I have the right to be grumpy and demanding in the morning, right? Well, no! That is probably about as selfish as I can get. I love being a mom. I love taking care of my kids and I want more than anything for them to have a smooth and pleasant morning before they start their day. I don't want to say that getting moving in the morning is a sacrifice because I think that sounds negative. But that is how it feels! I need to alter my thought process here. I know that once I start my coffee in the morning, I start feeling better. I think I also tend to do nothing instead of making steps in a different direction. Once I realize that I am not going to actually get up and make bacon, eggs, toast and juice for my kids, I tend to let them just do their own thing. Perhaps I should just enjoy a bowl of cereal with my awesome kids.

And if I am honest, I didn't win the sleep argument. Reed got up with Bella last night and he woke every time Lily did as well. My sleep deprivation is comparable to his... if I am REALLY honest, his might be more. He works 50-70 hours each week and I know it is hard busy, work. I also know that my days are hard and busy too, but I have grabbed naps or read a book while nursing my baby. I am grateful for all he does for our family! But my job is taking care of our family. Working together and encouraging each other along the way makes it that much better!