I Wanna Get Paid for This!!!

I can honestly say that in 6 years I have not had a decent night of sleep.....make that 6 years and some months, seeing as those last months of pregnancy had me peeing every 2.5 seconds and feeling like my uterus was lodged safely in my throat.

And this is despite the fact that I had my kids both sleeping through the night by 8 and 10 weeks of age....12 solid hours....but somehow, once you give birth you just never sleep the same again. You wake up in random states of panic wondering if your kid is breathing or still safely tucked in bed...you hear every noise within a 10 mile radius that sounds remotely like a cough, sneeze, whimper, or burglar breaking in, you sleep ZERO hours a night when your kids get sick (and if you have a small child that has started any type of day care or school then this sickness thing lingers for a good 9 months out of each year)....it's insanity.

I gotta say, I adore my kids. I would both kill for them and die for them, but dammit if I can't admit that I absolutely hate not getting a real night of sleep. I can't beleive how taken for granted true slumber is by nonbreeders...sleep is a luxury once you become a parent, apparently it's not a necessity.....So, besides all the random stress that comes with popping out bebes, the sleep thing makes me want to demand payment for these parental sacrificial services. Come on...really...we pay huge dividends to Car Manufacturers and other forms of Big Biz...why not pay moms and dads for making sure the country remains populated? And I mean, pay those of us that are actually raising our kids, drowning in coffee in the mornings and vino at night just to make it through the day...the 24 hour a day nanny-havers don't count. They should be taxed instead....

And now back to my 60 oz cup of joe......I'll try to keep my Cape & Tights off today....