Sleep? Who Needs Sleep?
I’ve been down with the flu for the past two days, which was really bad since I have no leave left. But we will not think about the days without pay, no no. Happy thoughts.
Last night was rather interesting. The baby slept six hours straight. 
Woo hoo! Praise God for rice cereal!
And then he proceeded to stay up from 2:30 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. Oh. Sweet. God. Every single time I tried to put him back down in his crib, he worked his little legs and fussed. And cried. And squalled. And moaned until I picked him up, worked out a burp, rocked him a bit.
Rinse, repeat.
Finally, I gave up and nursed him again at which point the dear child let out gas that would make a man proud. There’s something disconcerting about this. Here you have this maternal, sweet moment when you’re bonding with your baby . . . and he rips out noises one after the other. I think I timed one that was seven seconds. Not kidding. It was like nursing a Whoopee Cushion.
At 4:00 a.m., I prayed to all the gods in existence that he would JUST GO BACK TO SLEEP. Especially when I had to get up an hour and a half later.
Yeah, so not happening. He fussed some more and the pacifier didn’t work either. Fine. Be that way. So, I picked him up and let him sleep the rest of the time in my arms.
I imagine that some time next year, this will all be a distant memory. And I hold fast to the hope that he will be like my son and sleep ten hours when he’s five months old. We will not think about the fact that my daughter was ten months old before she slept that amount of time. 
Happy thoughts. Find the special place.
In other news, I need a working title for my Viking book. Any ideas? The Viking’s Vengeance sounds like a bad Hardy Boys novel. Sexiest Viking Man Ever doesn’t really cut it either. Hopefully tonight I’ll manage to crank out a few more pages. But with massive sleep deprivation and flu recuperation, I’m slightly concerned about what in the world I’ll be putting down on paper. Could be interesting! 
Michelle posted in Writing @ 8:24 pm | Viewed 1943 times
kacey Says:
Oh, man. The flu and a baby, does it get much worse?? Holding out good thoughts that this baby will be a sleeper…just real soon now.
beth Says:
I hear ya. We’ve got the flu here, too - though so far (fingers crossed!) the baby does not have it. Fingers crossed for lots of sleep for everyone - feel better!!
Taryn Raye Says:
Hope you get to feeling better soon. I had the flu several weeks ago, but when you have a baby to take care of too, it can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back sometimes.
As for titles…not sure. Do you need to have Viking in the title? Are there any other keywords that could be used or that you would prefer to use?
I usually write down the general keywords that fit somewhere in the story, then find synonyms for the ones that I can and play with them.
Hope you come up with something wonderful. In the meantime, get some rest when you can.
Robyn Says:
My beautiful, delicate little daughter used to let out old-man-in-a-wifebeater belches. It’s Miller Time.
Sweet Savage Sven, maybe?
Kelly Boyce Says:
Nursing a whoopee cushion…hehehe…that made me giggle. And it still staggers me how short the leave in the US is. What do you get? Three months? That’s insane. Hope the flu bug passes quickly and you get more six hour nights!
Janette Kenny Says:
OMG the flu and a baby with mega gas. What a combination. Get well soon. And hey, I replied to your email, but considering my wonky IP, if you don’t get it soon holler.
Kim A. Says:
Oh, poor you! I’m sending positive healing vibes for flu-recovery *and* sleep!
LOL to Robyn’s “Sweet Savage Sven.”
-Kim