the downsides to good things
When you have a baby, you long for that night the baby FINALLY sleeps all night.
What you don't realize is that it doesn't mean you'll get a good nights sleep. What it, in fact, means is that you will wake approximately one hour past your baby's normal wake time and realize he hasn't woken, wonder if he died in his sleep, spend twenty minutes trying to convince yourself that you're being ridiculous and paranoid before you finally just get up and put a hand on him and assure yourself he's sleeping. You then get back in bed, wide awake at 3:30am, and count the minutes until the baby ACTUALLY wakes.
What you don't realize is that it doesn't mean you'll get a good nights sleep. What it, in fact, means is that you will wake approximately one hour past your baby's normal wake time and realize he hasn't woken, wonder if he died in his sleep, spend twenty minutes trying to convince yourself that you're being ridiculous and paranoid before you finally just get up and put a hand on him and assure yourself he's sleeping. You then get back in bed, wide awake at 3:30am, and count the minutes until the baby ACTUALLY wakes.
