This too shall pass.

This is a phrase I’ve chanted in my mind many times over the past almost five months. Being a parent is amazing and rewarding and awesome and… hard. Really hard. And Exhausting… really really exhausting.

We have been on the receiving end of a baby who does not sleep all night. If you’ve seen a photo of Miles you know the boy likes to eat… a lot. Including 2-3 times a night up until 2 nights ago. Every 3 am feeding I tell myself ‘this too shall pass… this too shall pass… this too shall pass…’

Suddenly he decided he’d rather sleep all night. We’ve had 2 nights of not waking up to eat. And Mike and I are more tired than ever because we wake up every hour wondering why he hasn’t woken us up yet. Surely this is too good to be true. Surely we will not have the same luck tonight… but for now we’ll just be happy for this glorious gift and hope it continues… fingers crossed.

And to other parents out there whose babies have slept through the night since 3 weeks, 4 weeks, etc… you suck. And to other parents who like us have been zombies for 5 months… this too shall pass my friends… I hope.