SLEEPLESS, UNSETTLED

That’s what we are for the past 3 nights. Things are getting tough just days before Jaz goes back to work. Coco seems to have fastidious hours he likes to call “wailing hours”, and that is from 11 pm to 2 am.

I don’t know but it seems when my colleagues at Wal-Mart asked me ‘How’s the baby doing?”, they themselves know the answer: he needs food every two hours, he cries a lot, and he does not give his parents enough sleep. Is it a universal phenomenon that from the first few months, the baby is fuzzy and pushy?

We were trying to remember (I personally) if that was the case when Zach was just a baby. But I don’t remember. All I could compare now is, Zach goes to sleep at 9:00, while Coco starts revving up.

And when things become chaotic, all you could desire to have is a life at home, with all the Yaya’s pitching for help and you having a regular and undisturbed sleep. We sometimes kid ourselves when the two seems uncontrollable, we would say, “Inday, i-hele mo nga yang si Coco at si Zach bigyan mo ng gatas.” But, it would echo back to us, of course.

Sleepless, unsettled that’s what we are. Jaz from being at home and caring the two “wonderful” boys most of the time and me from working overnights.

Can we get out from this? Can we beat this without sacrificing a bit of our insanity? Of course! They will grow and they will find their peace. Only that’s not going to be THIS TIME!.

Yap, sleepless, unsettled but joy comes in when both of them are silent, when Coco gives a rare smile and when Zach says “ Abadibadah”.

But of course, we keep Tylenol and coffee handy most of the times.