Opppsss! Don’t mean to scare you there.. But this has got to be the most “no-sleep” and the most tiring night (and dawn! and morning!) of my Mommy life that I’m afraid I look much even worse than that scary Mom 
I was actually up till 12:00 midnight since I have to finish an article that needs to be submitted this morning. I just finished nursing little Nico (11:00 PM) and he was sleeping (looking so cute) on the bed, when @ exactly 12:02 AM (as I was wrapping up the article) Nico’s angry wail seems to wake the whole neighborhood (the dogs even complained, huh!). I was able to nurse him after a struggle (yup, he puts up a fight when he’s in the mood) and he was asleep after 25 minutes or so. I said to myself “Ah, rest at last!” I spent 5-10 minutes watching my little angel’s innocent face then I dozed off only to be awaken again around 1:05 AM. I thought “What’s going on?” as I scrambled from my bed and turned to where Nico is wailing and kicking and waking the whole neighborhood again. “What now?” I asked myself. I gently lifted up my angry baby and held him close to my chest. I didn’t know he was hungry again! I realized he was when he started nipping and sucking on my blouse. Oh my! Didn’t I just nursed him less than an hour ago?! So I willingly gave him what he wanted just to pacify him. And what do you know, he just wanted to make a pacifier out of me alright! After “fakely” sucking for 30 seconds or so, he fell asleep on my arms. I told myself “What a sweet baby, he just wants to be near me”. So as a treat to his sweetness, I swayed for 15 minutes just to make sure he was really asleep before I put him down to bed. But guess what? Yup, you got it right, he woke up, eyes wide open, when I put him down! He looks like he’s gonna wail loudly again so I hurriedly scooped him back to my arms (yeah, babies can be that intimidating). So I put him on my lap with his head on my arms and I rocked my body (sitting down on the bed, I dare not stand, I’m so sleepy I might drop him). He was asleep in an instant, my clever boy. I was afraid to close my eyes because Nico is in my arms so I fought sleep. After a few minutes, I gently stood up and decided to put him down so I can sleep. What do you know, he woke up! And now he’s genuinely hungry! I nursed him for about 30 minutes since he won’t let go that easily. Again I swayed him to the music because he was fussing around, kicking and throwing his little fists in the air. I was still carrying him in my arms when I happened to look at the clock. Gosh! I can’t believe it’s almost 4:00 AM!
Waaaahhhh! I wanna sleep! I successfully put Nico down on the bed and I thought I’l have my sleep at last when Nico made little sounds. Oh no! The hiccups! He hates his hiccups! So yes, he was awake again and I have to carry him again, when I noticed he soiled his diaper. Yup, he pooped this time. Arghhh! I quickly opened his diaper only to find out that he’s just getting started and will be needing my help to finish up because he seems to be having difficulty “pushing” it out. It was 5:00 AM when I finished nursing him (again, yup, he gets very hungry after pooping) and so I let him sleep in my arms until 6:00 AM, which is actually the time I have to turn my PC on and start working.
Sigh.. Is this just the beginning of many nights and dawns and mornings like this? I hope not! But what can a Mommy do? This is my life now, it’s difficult to adjust to this change, but then again, I love my little boy very much, that all I can say is … “Bring it on!” 