From 2 to 3

2 = misery

3 = salvation

Feeding cycles are the life blood of early childcare. If you are living on the 2 hour cycle, you are basically on the job 24 hours a day. Just ask my wife! A few times we have had a 3 hour cycle, and we have lived trembling in fear of the 2 hour wail. With 2 hours, you have time to change them, feed them, burp them, soothe them, and put them down for 40 minutes or so. And then start all over again. The 40 minutes is actually a cruel hoax of a rest period. You just get to feeling back to rights and relaxed only to be back in the soothing business. This is a tough road.

4 weeks at it this Friday. And my birthday is right around the corner. All I want this year is to get from 2 to 3. Hours that is!