Ok so we all hear about moms having a hard time getting their new infants to sleep through the night. How for a while mom is in a total fog from lack of sleep. What we don't hear about is the owner of a new puppy who is in a total fog from lack of sleep.
Well that's me right now. I had our new little pup almost fully sleep trained for a lack of better words. Ok so he was not quiet sleeping through the night but was only getting up once in the night and did not mess with my sleep too much. Now he is back to getting up every few hours.
Sometimes he just runs to the grass and runs back in but then there are times at 1am I find myself standing outside in my pjs waiting for him. It is so exhausting. I sit here in a fog unable to process any thoughts thankful I can nap later today when he does. Did I get a puppy or a new born child. Sometimes the line is very blurred.
I love the little guy dearly and one look at his adorable little face and I don't mind waking up at all. Then when I am at work exhausted from lack of sleep and I just can't focus enough on the children and feel more there in body then in mind. It is almost like I need a dog parental leave.
Give him some time to adjust fully and start sleeping through the night before I return to the real world of working. New moms and puppy owners alike I ask you what do you do to get you through this tough period beside sleeping all weekend and therefore getting no work done?
Well that's me right now. I had our new little pup almost fully sleep trained for a lack of better words. Ok so he was not quiet sleeping through the night but was only getting up once in the night and did not mess with my sleep too much. Now he is back to getting up every few hours.
Sometimes he just runs to the grass and runs back in but then there are times at 1am I find myself standing outside in my pjs waiting for him. It is so exhausting. I sit here in a fog unable to process any thoughts thankful I can nap later today when he does. Did I get a puppy or a new born child. Sometimes the line is very blurred.
I love the little guy dearly and one look at his adorable little face and I don't mind waking up at all. Then when I am at work exhausted from lack of sleep and I just can't focus enough on the children and feel more there in body then in mind. It is almost like I need a dog parental leave.
Give him some time to adjust fully and start sleeping through the night before I return to the real world of working. New moms and puppy owners alike I ask you what do you do to get you through this tough period beside sleeping all weekend and therefore getting no work done?