Tuesday, November 17, 2009

BACK UP AGAIN

Dear Spike:

It's 3:02 in the morning. You've been in and out of sleep all night.

And that's the story of your life.

I wish I knew what to do to help you sleep more, but the truth is that I've been stumped. We've tried feeding you at bed time and not feeding you at bed time. We've tried giving you milk and not giving you milk. We've tried black noise and total silence. We've tried nightlights and no lights. We've tried ignoring you and being with you.

I supposed that this is just one of those things about parenting, and maybe about life. Sometimes you just don't have the answers.

Sometimes you don't have a clue.

It's 3:07 a.m. now, and you're back up again.

Love,
dad

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

She's a Gemini. It is the Zodiac sign that gets the least amount of sleep because of the most amount of nervous energy. That is just the way it will always be.