Sleep Wish

Gibran has never been big on sleeping. Yes I am thankful for a kid who'd never stay up at night (unlike some other babies who'd stay awake at night and would take weeks to be trained to sleep through the night). He'd sleep the night through since day one, only to wake every two hours to breastfeed (while both he and Mummy slept.. because breastfeeding was done lying down!).. and once he stopped breastfeeding, he just slept through the night for 10 whole hours. Yes, I am thankful. So don't get me wrong when I say...

I wish his sleeping pattern was different.

I wish he'd sleep 12 hours straight at night instead of 9 to 10 hours because so many other kids I know would sleep more than 10 hours. Even as an infant he would not sleep at night for more than 10 hours.

I wish he'd nap longer during the day instead of just one hour everytime. Even as an infant he would nap only an hour at a time, and sometimes less. He hardly ever naps for more than an hour. Can you imagine a one month-old baby taking only two or three naps a day, and only about 40 minutes each nap? I used to envy those parents with babies who'd sleep for hours during the day!

Why would I wish such wishes, you may think.

Well, yessss for purely selfish reasons of course.. if he sleeps more during the day, I could get more things done. I could bake my cakes and experiment with new dishes while he naps. If he'd sleep earlier at night (his bedtime is 11-ish p.m.... sometimes he would refuse to sleep till nearly midnight!).. then I'd be able to bake or cook or simple have some ME-TIME.

Yes we have a maid but Gibran has always been more attached to us than the maid. I'd be rushing like a madwoman in the kitchen everytime I make lunch (that's why our lunches are always simple dishes) because he'd be going in and out of the kitchen to constantly check on what I am doing and whether I am done yet.

As a two-year old toddler, of course he can play on his own a lot more. But for some reason he just loves to have us sit near him while he plays. No need to play with him or cater to his every need.. just sit and be somewhere nearby.

But some days there's just no time to sit down lah, Gibran darling.

So if I can't wish for different sleeping habits (which I think I won't, because I ought to be thankful as it is that when he sleeps, he's out like a log and that's good, right?).... I hope perhaps one day he can be my "handy helper" and help me in the kitchen. Then maybe I can get around to experimenting a whole lot more with my fondant icing.. and the new food processor I bought a couple of weeks back at a warehouse sale.. or simply fiddle around with the mountain of recipes I've got which have yet to be tried.

One can wish.

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