I Need A Sponsor

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This sleep training sucks. It’s hard. I feel like I’m in a 12-step program without a sponsor.

I’m making some progress, like only using my bedroom for sleep (and sex, but that’s none of your beeswax). But, I’m failing miserably at getting up at the same time every day (within a 1-hour window). I’m also failing at getting out of bed and doing something else if I don’t fall asleep within 1/2 hour. (1/2 an hour? Seriously? That's like 5 minutes in my world. In the past week, I think my average number of hours it took me to fall asleep was 4. Average. Two nights it took 7.)

Meanwhile, I have writer’s block--super helpful given my new role writing for Examiner.com and my various other blogging ventures. I do have some fun sites y’all might enjoy during this lull.

• The all new Jorts.com. Irresistible denim fun.


• Llamas and nuns. I don’t know what more to say.


• And not for the faint of heart, I Hate My Parents.

Comments

[Jeff]

i'll sponsor ya.not good for 12 steps, maybe 6. chase shaymus one day and i promise you will crash when you hit the sheets.jorts??? okay that was a little traumatizingllamas and nuns...3 letters...WTF?!?!I hate my parents.... I love it!

[califmom]

As always, it's an honor to entertain you. Sorry if the jorts scarred you in any way. Should have probably put a "you can't un-see this" warning label on that one. The llamas and the nuns, I just had to share. I can't even explain how I ended up on that site, nor do I want to. Pleading the 5th.

[Zip n Tizzy]

Do I have to be awake to sponsor you?I support you, I support you!This sounds really challenging, but I remember you telling me what the sleep patterns were like in your house, so if it works I say all the more power to you.I'm trying to get back on track after the years of baby insomnia. Trying to go to bed early, trying to get up early. It's challenging! Especially since T still doesn't sleep easily, sometimes still talking away long after I've put myself down.So, maybe I shouldn't sponsor you, but I really do support you!

(And those sites... testimony of a true insomniac!)

[califmom]

That's part of the problem. I've got one kid who's often still trying to get himself to sleep after I'm trying to go to sleep. At least he doesn't have the anxiety about sleep that I managed to get over the years. That's one benefit of homeschooling, I guess. He doesn't have the stress of having to get up by 7am to catch a bus in the morning! The only time in my life I didn't have sleep issues was the summer I worked a graveyard shift. I'm just wired for those hours. Unfortunately, the rest of the world, my spouse and my other child, are not. :(