Can not believe I woke up!

[Aeschylus]

DS finally slept past 5 am this morning but I mean seriously IABU to expect my body not to wake up, I thought I would pen my thoughts!

5.03am

Umm - he is quiet - wonder why - hope he is ok - of course he is ok-go back to sleep-WHY am I awake-what?s that noise, is it him-no it is the bloody cat-shhh cat you will wake him up. Let me put on radio 5 that will help me go back to sleep, FFS they are still talking about football, this will send me back to sleep..........Damn- I need a wee - for god sake hold it- I can?t I am desperate, can?t go upstairs it will wake him, have to go downstairs but that will wake me. I will hold it.................. Nope getting really desperate. Go for a wee, creep back into bed, look at clock 5.43...............Right, shut my eyes........................MEOW, MEOW, Purring in my face, and finally cue tears from DS room, he is awake 

So I missed out on 40 mins of glorious sleep which at that time of the morning it is like being attacked by a Alligator and realising it has no teeth!

YANBU! I have so been there, girlfriend. In fact I am still there most mornings. I am at the point of giving my body clock the sack and killing the cat!

O I remember those mornings well, with ds1 they went on until he was 2.5 .

No solution really but I did (and still do) try and think of them as a lie in, a bit of quiet awake time if you like. Sometimes I'd creep downstairs and watch the news in peace or read a book or just have a coffee, whatever, but in peace. We also coped by takiing it in turns when he did get up and, when he was older putting a gate on his door and a drink in his room and letting him get up and play for a bit. When he was about 2.5 we put a light in his room on a timer set for 7am, if light was off, back to bed, if light was on he could come and find us. Took a while but he regularly sleep past 7 now...his little brother however...

so good to know I'm not the only one this happens to! Am trying to think of a comedy response but my sleep deprived brain combined with a teething, gammy eyed baby won't allow