You guys scare me.

Y'all mostly don't know this, but I haven't had to set an alarm to get up in the morning (we will ignore the period in which I was setting the alarm for crazy-assed hours to pump to increase my supply) since WB was born, not even when I went back to work.  Why is that, you ask - since there's obviously a story here because otherwise, why the hell am I blogging it?  The reason I have not needed an alrm clock is that WB has apparently had one hardwired into his brain.  One that goes off at 5:40 am SHARP Every.Single.Morning.  Not 5:42 or 5:37, or 5:53.....no.  5:40 am.  Every morning.   Well.  OK. It was 4:40 am for a bit after the time change, but he recovered and reset his alarm clock after about a week.  Mind you, it does not matter how many times he has awakened in the night, or how long he has been asleep since his last waking.  5:40 am.  Every.Morning.

Leaving aside the inevitable disappointment he's going to face when he realizes that his parents are, um...time-challenged, it has become quite the family joke to have a living alarm clock in our house.  On the one hand, it's a pain in my ass, for reasons that I feel no need to explain, except to say that the last time I voluntarily saw 5:40am, I was on my way TO bed.  Ahem.  On the other hand, it works out fairly well during the week because this is pretty much just about when I have to get up to start the nurse/shower/get ready/baby handoff routine that Mr ODJ and I have worked out. 

This morning, he did not wake up at 5:40 am.

I had to wake him - which I will admit that I did with no small measure of panic - when I realized that it was 7:00 am and I was going to be late for work.  We will also not discuss how I, of course, was convinced he was dead for the 30 seconds it took me to confirm that he was breathing.  But he was not.  He was, however RAVENOUS.  The surprise he obviously felt at being so.very.hungry would have been extra cute if not for the red haze of receeding panic.  Once that wore off though, I realized that I feel like a million bucks from all the sleep.  So, y'all?  Seriously?  Thanks.  Last night I asked you to send sleepy thoughts and you did.  And it worked.

Note to self: Be careful what you wish for 'out loud' on the blog.

Comments

[Manise]

Too funny minus the scare and being late for work!

[Manise]

But glad you got some much needed sleep.

[Chris]

LOL! Better set the alarm for backup now, eh? :)

[Carole]

So glad it worked! Hope you weren't too late for work.
I probably shouldn't tell you this because it will sound like bragging but when Hannah was a baby she would sleep 12 hours at night. Straight through. It didn't matter what time I put her down, she would just be out like a light for 12 hours. I have to tell you, it was great and I was spoiled.

[Danielle]

It's always something new, huh? I'm sure that extra hour and 20 minutes were appreciated, once the panic dissipated.

[Kristel]

My daughter, when she was a baby, rarely slept more than 3 hours at once. I still remember the first time we woke before she did, after 6 solid hours of sleep... Ahh, the panic! (2nd children don't seem to get the panic reaction going that easily, though I do sometimes check on my son who's now 1 yo if he sleeps long and well. ;)

[elisa]

Scare = Bad
Sleep = Good

This post = funny (minus the Scare, which was Bad)

[Ruth]

I have that OHMYGODTHEBABYISDEAD feeling the first time every one of my kids sleeps through. Every.Time.

[benedetta]

5:40 was a favorite time of my first one, too. every single morning for months and months and months..
glad B's cycle has been broken, isn't it amazing what an extra hour of sleep can do for you?

[Juno]

I keep telling you - the routine is all in your head. He's just going to do what he's going to do.
Happy full night's sleep.

[Kat with a K]

Wow. My kitten has a similar internal alarm clock...

[sarah b.]

This totally happened to me this morning! The husband and I were both late because the kid woke up at 6:45 instead of his usual 5:45!!! We'll see if that continues.

[Sara]

Sleep is GOOOOOD...

And you obviously needed it! *hug*

[rhelynn]

3 month old baby here, and YES, 1:30, 3:30 and 7:30 every morning. I guess she likes to sleep in some already ;)