I've been having strange dreams lately. I always have had strange dreams growing up. But my dreams as of late have been very morbid. Often scaring me awake and then I'm unable to get to sleep again. Either I'm dying or someone close to me. Things I need to work through, I'm sure. Once I wake up in the middle of the night, it seems the baby wants to wake up too and we're up late together. It's rather comforting actually. I'm also starting to find it hard to find a good position to sleep. My belly is really starting to get big and makes it awkward to lay down for long periods of time. This coming from someone who's been known to sleep for 15 hours a night on a weekend. It's a family pastime. Christmas morning is usually Christmas late afternoon for us. Luckily, I married a man who likes to sleep as much as I do. How this will change when the baby is born!? Though, we can hope that he sleeps through the night early... on verra! :)
Ho, hum... Just checking emails now, I received my 24 weeks baby bulletin from Baby Center. My baby is 12 inches long. How in the heck is he folded up in there? I wonder if his arms and legs go to sleep if he doesn't change positions often. Mine sure do. Cutest thing now is he wakes up every morning when Julien puts his hand on my belly. He knows the difference between mummy's and daddy's hands, I think.
We bought an armoire today. A huge one. It's 2 meter 50 across and about 2 meters something tall. HUGE. Julien wants to put it together himself. I'm really hoping I can talk him into letting someone come and do it. It seems like a huge project to do alone. I won't be much help. We'll see. The armoire arrives on Thursday! Armoire is scheduled to be delivered Monday and they will assemble it for us! Whew! Now we just have to work out the logistics of moving our room, the baby's room and the livingroom around to make everything fit. We are finally going to have closet space in this closet-less apt we live in!
Oh, and thank goodness for friends who can't sleep either...
And finally, Julien and I have been fantasizing lately about what our baby will look like. I've started a personal photography project that I'm calling Vintage Photography Project. Originale, non? ;) I'm collecting our baby photos and will make a photo montage for the baby's room.
Okay, I started this entry it was 2:39am and now it's 3:33am. Time to try to sleep...
Interesting reading how you are coming along w. the lil one - I remember that many (15 now!)yrs ago. Hang in there - there will that spurt (I'm sure you've heard by now) of endless energy nr. the due date. I painted a room in that state. Maybe I wrote before w. this suggestion but some kind of recorder might be fun to record how the lil one sounds, starts to talk later, etc. We didn't do that enough but what we did do is fun to listen to! Take care :)
Posted by: Terry | December 12, 2006 at 13:54
ah. welcome to sleeplessness and discomfort. i've barely slept in the last 4 months....
Posted by: sfgirl | December 12, 2006 at 17:07
we, also, were lovers of sleep prior to the little one arriving 7 weeks ago. and i, too, hoped she would sleep through the night tout suite. the cool thing is that she does, and yet, i find i am still tired. and irritable at times when the husband gets to sleep in as before and i have to get up. but that's the life of a mother and there is nothing like it in the world! and i know what you mean about wondering how they fit in there. my little one was 21.5 inches long. amazing little creatures.
Posted by: cara | December 12, 2006 at 21:41
Get one of those long body pillows, my huband calls its my boyfriend... before we go to sleep he says night honey, night baby and night bf. I swear it makes a big difference in getting in a good position to sleep. And drink a cup of hot milk with a little cinnamon or fleur d'oranger before you go to sleep... night night!
Posted by: riana | December 12, 2006 at 22:12
I'm with you (week 24). I've always been a light sleeper and often have trouble sleeping so between the strange dreams (doctor-related, usually) and the discomfort I'm awake a lot, too.
Oh, and I thought the picture of your Omma and you in your hanbok was really cute.
Posted by: Pardon_My_French | December 12, 2006 at 23:22
LOL...sleep....
I haven't slept thru the night since.....well, I think maybe sometime in 2000...around Oct when we were anxious for Jack to come home...but yes, the stupid dreams are awful and I haven't been sleeping well either...so Sarah and I have been cuddling, since she hasn't been sleeping well either since she has the Christmas Crazies!
MA
Posted by: Mary Anne | December 13, 2006 at 17:46
I remember my mom having crazy, scary dreams when she was pregnant with my brother--but they went away when he was born and all was well. But it was stressful--my family loves their sleep too. Maybe meditate on really soothing things when you're going to bed? Sometimes that helps with the dreams. :)
Posted by: Jessica | December 13, 2006 at 20:46
this may seem like a strange reaction to this post, but you make me want to be pregnant! i'm looking forward to the posts about junior.
good luck with getting your sleeping back on track.
Posted by: Aralena | December 13, 2006 at 20:55
I know that during pregnancy dreams can really start to get rather intense. Try and do something relaxing before going to bed (read a nice book, watch a funny program). Hopefully, that will help!
I have been having a lot of trouble sleeping too. One thing you might want to get is le coussin d'allaitement. They are pregnancy pillows that moms can use while they are pregnant, but can also be used after birth to comfortably nurse a baby. I have one made by BabyMoov. They sell them in any of the baby stores, as well as places like Auchan and Carrefour. Might help you get more comfortable!
Posted by: Deb | December 14, 2006 at 07:06