On Sunday Matt read this in the comic section and told me I had to read it. Kind of funny because he was laughing at himself.
How often do those of you with small children come across this situation? I find that it happens more times than I would like to remember.
I will be lying in bed and think to myself, "If I have to get up one more time I will not make it through the day tomorrow." So in desperation I will turn to my loving husband and say, "Your turn." Now, this statement may seem fair to many of you, however I have learned the hard way how it works. I spend about the same amount of time trying to get Matt awake (that is the key) and out of bed to help out than it would take me to solve the problem, get back in bed, and sleep another 30 minutes. Familiar to anyone? I think woman are just built with an alarm every time their child takes a breath and men think "Oh, my wife will take care of it" and then they tune everything out. With that said, this is the comic that Matt shared with me on Sunday.
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How often do those of you with small children come across this situation? I find that it happens more times than I would like to remember.
I will be lying in bed and think to myself, "If I have to get up one more time I will not make it through the day tomorrow." So in desperation I will turn to my loving husband and say, "Your turn." Now, this statement may seem fair to many of you, however I have learned the hard way how it works. I spend about the same amount of time trying to get Matt awake (that is the key) and out of bed to help out than it would take me to solve the problem, get back in bed, and sleep another 30 minutes. Familiar to anyone? I think woman are just built with an alarm every time their child takes a breath and men think "Oh, my wife will take care of it" and then they tune everything out. With that said, this is the comic that Matt shared with me on Sunday.
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6 comments:
That comic is hilarious! Thank you for sharing. I'll pass it along to Mike, who I'm sure, will appreciate it even more. :)
PS- I hope Spring hits your part of the country soon! We don't miss the cold at all. It's the reason we moved so far south. Good Luck!
So true! I think nate had pulled that milk routine before. Even when Nate is on duty with the kiddos at night and I know I can sleep with no worries, I still wake up!
After 32 years of parenthood, Jim still does this. I can be waiting up for Spencer for 3 hours and the have a "discussion" with him about curfew in the middle of the night, and Jim will wake up refreshed in the morning not knowing anything was wrong. Then again, I NEVER know what day is garbage day and he always gets the garbage out.
I love that one! How fun that "For Better of Worse" is doing reprints of their older comics. Jon has been waking up at 3am on the dot every night for the last couple of weeks, and usually Wade is the first one to get up and then I follow right after. And then we debate whether we should give Jon a bottle because we know it works like MAGIC to get him back to sleep, but then we don't want him to get used to going to sleep with a bottle. Grrr! The battles that come along with babies! Good thing they're cute, so it's worth it, huh?!
ummm - now that I've picked myself up off the floor from laughing, I'll leave a comment! This is the MOST true thing I've read about parenthood or should I say fatherhood?? HA HA HA! Thanks so much for making me smile!! I loved this -- and I'd LOVE to do some photos of you guys! And no, it's not much warmer at all -- it's so blasted windy and cold!!! I'm ready for spring!!!
So I read that on Sunday and handed it to Brandon as well! All too true.
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