SLEEP

So I have been a little sleep deprived lately with Cooper getting his new top chompers. He has just been miserable and making my beauty REM sleep not so pretty. My eyes are a RED and puffy, my head has this dull throbbing pain that radiates ALL friggin day, and my mind is just not working right. Did you know......

• A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year.


• Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you’re sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you’re still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.

According to the Department of Behavioral Biology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, sleep deprivation impairs alertness, cognitive performance, and mood. Sleep deprivation also causes a general feeling of malaise and headaches. Sometimes these headaches are dull and persistent and may last all day. At other times, there may be sharp pains that shoot up from the base of the skull to the temples and even to the forehead. Whichever headache strikes, it is a warning signal telling you that you need more sleep!

I will tell you right now that I LOVE sleep. I love my puffy pillow, my new bed, and my blankets that cover my body. Oh how I love sleep. So when my alarm goes off at 5:30am to go exercise I can truly say that I don't LOVE to get up. I just wish I could THROW that thing at the wall and watch it shatter into a zillion pieces. Well, happy to say that last night I did catch up on some Zs. My headache is slowly dwindling and my eyes no longer look like I am high on some kind of serious drugs. I was happy to wake up to a well rested baby, and a hubby who is so truly supportive and AMAZING. I LOVE SLEEP, and I LOVE MY LIFE.