It was downhill from here on in....she spiked a fever and complained that her stomach hurt so besides Tyneol and Motrin all a mother can do is confort her child until the baby falls asleep in my bed. And she did... finally... and at 11 pm I think, ok my turn to sleep as I hit the pillow with the countdown of 6 hours of sleep to wake up and do P90X and conquer my day seems like a doable plan when I hear my son crying. So I jump out of bed to see that he is a little warm and the need to care for him kicks in and I give him some Tyneol just in case he is not feeling well too and then I hit the hay. As I lay there again my neck is killing me sending a wave of pain to my head into my eyes. So I get up again to get myself something to take the pain away, grab a cold eye mask and shoot for now 5 hours of sleep....still doable to get my workout in a conquer the day???
I feel the cold settling in and I start to drift off as my daughter moans and wakes up crying that she has to go to the bathroom. Ok, really!?!?! So I take her (why she can not go by herself I am not sure but her legs must not work in the dark or something) so with my neck and head pounding in pain I carry her to the bathroom then tuck her into bed. ok....4 hours of sleep....can I really attempt to conquer anything nevermind a tough workout....but I am determined!!! I lie down again when yes my son starts crying why....I have no idea but I refuse to get out of bed and he gets it and falls back to sleep with no trouble. Now, I am just lying there waiting for the next cry or moan for me to react to and there was nothing. Ahhhhh.....sleep....nope my husband's alarm clock goes off. So now I know it is 4:30 and I wonder if I even had 15 mins of sleep.
I turn over and shut off my alarm which was set to go off at 4:45...no way I can do P90X with 15 mins of sleep and a pounding headache. So I finally fall asleep when I hear the cries of my son....I jump out of bed hoping to sooth him so I can get back to bed when I realize that it is 6:30 and he is up and ready to go.....so I guess I am too??? I am so tired and I can not wait for nap time today because yes I am going to take one with them!!!
I know every mom and even most dads have to deal with this at one point in their life. It is not fun or easy and the best thing to do is rest whenever you can. I know if I would try to workout in this form I would hurt myself so instead of beating myself up over something that is not in my control; I change the way I think of things. I am lucky to have 2 babies, I am blessed that they are healthy for the most part....an occissional sicknesss is not nearly as bad as what some parents have to face and deal with, and I am lucky that my body is strong enough to get me through nights like that. I will rest today and do what my body needs and I will wake up and do P90X tomorrow and conquer the day???? I hope so:)
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