15 Reasons Why Moms Lack Sleep

I remember sitting on our horrible thrift store blue suede couch after I had baby #1.  I remember sitting there thinking “this is it — it’s my new life, I will never sleep again.”  And, frankly — in part that was somewhat correct.  I have never slept in the same way that I did before I had kids.

Note: This post was sponsored by Hylands Good Morning, stay tuned to overcome your sleepless life.

I’m not saying that kids aren’t worth every ounce of those sleepless times, but woah.  They can be mom’s worst nightmare.  Am I right?

1.  I worked insane hours to be sure I was “there” for my kids.  In retrospect, I’m not sure I was there as much as I was laying on the couch wishing I was dead and drooling.  #hindsight
2. Separation anxiety.  How can this come when they are ASLEEP?  Totally UN-cool! (read about my tango with a toddler’s separation anxiety here).  Also, looking for a better mattress for your todder, check out my 5 little monkeys mattress review.
3. Newborns create such a sleep void it sucks all of the sleep you’ve had since college plus any future sleep you plan to acquire into a black hole where it doesn’t even help to consume your tiredness. #notcool
4. Breastfeeding.  Just when you think it’s safe to sleep on your tummy after parasite removal (often called labor & delivery) you find your boobs.  WHAM.  OUCH!
5. High school activities.  Brings a new kind of sleep void.  This one comes with miles of worry about what those teens are doing that can have lasting consequences.
6. Drivers Licenses.  I may never sleep again when he has the car.  He’s just a little boy.  How can he be driving?
7. Their Technology.  What’s the chance they have their phone in their bed and are watching nasty YouTube?  What could I do to prevent it?  Are there videos on youtube about other people sleeping.  Maybe I’d like that….
8. My technology.  Is it so wrong to watch a favorite YouTube channel before bed — it’s not porn….. 🙂  Well, it might be organizational porn…. {I heart organizing videos}
9. PTA — am I doing enough at school — where can I fit in more?  Should I taken on a PTA responsibility, is it too much.  No, —  seriously, it’s too much. 🙁
10. Things.  Somehow things float into my mind after that baby is out.  Do we need a bigger house, how’s our school district, are you putting enough money in their college fund?  Those things are horrible, nasty things.  Useless.  It’s not like I’m going to change school districts at 11 pm — GO TO SLEEP!!!!!
11. School Teachers.  Which one are they going to get, is that teacher a good fit, could they thrive somewhere better?  So many big choices!
12. Money.  It just seems like there isn’t enough and sometimes keeping up with the Joneses just seems SO important, especially when your kids ask for it.  Extra important in the extra late or extra early hours.  Somehow I covet much less during daylight hours.  Stupid commandments.
13. Caffeine — did you have a cup of coffee too late or a soda with dinner?  That little friend is going to be your friend all night.  Horray!
14. An inability to nap.  Is there an alarm that sounds throughout my home as soon as my eyelids shut?  The alarm must say — hurry, go touch mom and ask her the stupidest question you can think of.  Hurry, DO IT NOW!!!!!
15. Trying to be everyone to everywhere all the time.  Why do we think we can be Martha Stewart at Home while still doing a job and keeping kids happy.  Who gave us this false sense of this “need” to be this person?  That person lied to us.  Sleep.

The list really goes on ad nauseum.  Needless to say, a mom could easily live off coffee, but I think we all know that several cups isn’t going to help us function forever.

Some of you might know that I don’t drink coffee for several reasons.  The joke at work is that I just think about Jesus and smile.  But, frankly — sometimes that’s not enough. 🙁

We all know it’s not actually your inability to sleep, but then you’re just mad at the world the next day.  We all know that when mamma’s not happy — no one is happy.  And that isn’t the home I want.  I hate that the entire house seems to take their emotional cues from me — but it’s true.

I was contacted by Hylands (they make my favorite-ever teething tablets too) to try their Hyland’s Good Morning.  It’s a non-habit forming homeopathic, natural remedy that you can use in the morning or anytime during the day when you could use a little pick me up.

I’ve used it for the last week.  I did notice a little kick in my step.  I was able to work better, concentrate more and I didn’t notice any jittery side effects I might get with caffeine (I do have a coke every now and then when I get an insane headache and because I very rarely have it I feel pretty horrible after I have caffeine).  A side note — it tastes really chalky when you first put it under your tongue, but it dissolves really quickly and it is basically tasteless.

The effects lasted a bit, although not long lasting.  I still desired a nap after lunch, but when is that not going to happen?

From their site it says:

Natural, Safe and Effective Relief of:

• Fatigue and Drowsiness
• Irritability
• Mental Lethargy
• Non-Habit Forming
• Caffeine, Stimulant-free

It’s available at Walgreens and I can even share a link for a $1 off coupon.

I say give it a whirl.  If you could erase those sleepy times it would certainly be worth the price of the product!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hyland’s Good Morning.