New Priorities

Over the past few days, I’ve been woken up every few hours or so for nighttime feedings. Of course, I went through this with Jaden about four years ago. One thing I don’t handle well is sleep deprivation. I am a very hostile unhappy camper when I am sleep-deprived. Part of my sleep deprivation was induced by Jaden, but the other part was me trying to continue to stay up late and doing “geek things” late at night.

I also don’t function real well when woken up in the middle of the night. I don’t think or move so fast. There was a time several years ago where something related to the dishwasher in our apartment broke around 4am and started flooding the downstairs with hot water. The comment from my wife at the time was “I need you awake and functional right now.” Barely managed and was still still a bit of a stretch.

With Gracie, I resolve to go to bed earlier and sleep more during the evening wakeup times. That means a bit less time on the computer in the evenings.