Sleep

What a precious, precious thing... even more so when you no longer get it in abundance, or even have to think about how much you get. The past year has been up and down with sleep. DH has had a hard time getting quality, quantity sleep since last April while he has been in this job search. He did get recommended some herbal pills that work amazing about 2 weeks ago and is now a rested man.
On the other hand, I could probably count the number of times on my hands that I have had a full rested sleep since I was 4 months pregnant with R. First it was getting up to go to the bathroom when I was pregnant, then it was feedings in the middle of the night. R is a pretty good sleeper when he has a bit of encouragement, so he will surprise us and sleep through solidly about half the time. Of course on these nights, I don't sleep through because my body is so used to getting up that I wake up anyway. Then I need to got to the bathroom, and I wonder if R is OK, and start thinking about everything that is happening in our lives, and what I need to do that day. It's usually about an hour before I fall back asleep. Then my luck is that R wakes up about half an hour later!
Last night I am unsure what was wrong with R, but he ate at midnight and then a hour later was awake. Usually he'll go back to sleep within 10 minutes, but he would quiet, then go full out for 30 seconds, and back and forth for awhile. So I checked on him and the blanket was over his head. So I put him back down, and he wailed. I finally picked him up and rocked him for 20 minutes, then tried to put him back down - he was asleep - and he woke and started crying. Finally he feel asleep. Of course, Mommy was wide awake by now and my bed was no longer warm on my side, so it took a little bit to get back to sleep.
The questions I have though, is why does DH sleep through the entire thing? When can I start teaching R to call out for Daddy when he wakes in the middle of the night?

Here is a song that I have loved for years. It is by Riley Armstrong and is called "Sleep."

looking straight at the light
it never used to be that bright last night
but it's a new day with fuzz in my eyes
alarm is still ringing when I open the blinds
how do these people do it
they are like driving around like there's nothing to it
I imagine it's like the medication their on
or probably just the coffee but
one thing is certain in life

and that is that today I'm going to eat cereal
I mean come on let's get our priorities straight
but before I know it I'm out the door late
just trying to catch some rat or some race
or something I'm not quite sure what it is
so for now I just best keep moving
and by nine a.m. my brain and my body
finally decide to meet
and we come to the same conclusion as yesterday
that I never get enough sleep

CHORUS:
sleep, no I never get enough
always waking up tired
sleep, no I never get enough
if I don't show up I might get fired
sleep, no I never get enough
always waking up tired
sleep, no I never get enough
if I don't show up I might get fired

they call it commuting
but I think they should call it intravenous
cause it's what I need every time I get
stuck behind a truck, just trying to turn left
just trying to turn left, why are you trying to turn left
why don't you park your silly cube van
hop in I'll drop you off

cause at this rate we'll both be late
but I'd rather be late than sitting here doing nothing
and by nine a.m. my brain and my body
finally decide to meet
and we come to the same conclusion as yesterday
that I never get enough sleep

BRIDGE:
sleep go on and sleep some more
sleep go on and sleep some more