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  • Save My Sleepless Soul

    Please. Help me. S.O.S. Or whatever. Just tell me what I have to do and I'll do it. I'm exhausted. I have slept four hours total over the span of three days.

     

    My child refuses to sleep. An hour here and there. And then, up at 5am. He wants to play. So I put him back to bed. I throw some toys in his crib and a few books and say goodnight. He throws his books at me. I stub my toe on the door trying to find my way back to our room. I get into bed. He starts to cry again. I put the pillow over my face. My toe's bleeding. I don't care. I get that jolty feeling in my belly when he cries. I try to ignore him. La-di-da-da-daaaaaah... But I can't.

     

    "Go to sleep!" I say. "Pleaaaase."

     

    I feel like I'm in prison:


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    Posted Feb 08 2007, 08:13 PM by GirlsGoneChild with | with 12 comment(s)
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Who says becoming a mom means succumbing to laser tattoo removal and moving to the suburbs? This young writer and mother of one gives it to you Straight From the Bottle.

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