The freshness from yesterday are long gone as you can see and the tired mum is here again;=)
Yesterday I told you that I went to bed early to try and get some hours of sleep before Nemo started to wake me up.
Well, it didnt work. He has been messing with us the whole night and I slept less tonight than the night before. It´s like the babies know when mum and dad want to sleep so bad;=)
So we are all tired today and a slight headache after tossing around, so tonight if I am tired I´ll sleep some hours in the couch instead and let Nemo own the bed as the little king he is. ..hehe!
Now - I have something I want your help with again;
I have two things I want go give to some of you but I think we should have some kind of competition for it but I have no idea what you should have to do to ge them, so today you can give me some great inputs on ideas for this.
Hit me with all your fun ideas now!
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hmm..Maybe we could send you some lyrics written by our own? to my mind the lyrics are the most important elements of a good song :)
ReplyDeleteOr we´ll send you funny pictures with children ;)
Sounds like you've had a rough night. Hope you feel okay :)
ReplyDeleteWell, this sounds like a good idea to me, and being a digital artist myself, I'd suggest maybe interpreting a Nightwish song into a picture? Making something creative in the spirit of NW in general could be an idea, be it a digital painting, traditional art, photomanipulation or outfits, I think challenging people's creativity is always a fun idea :)
Looking forward to seeing what you end up deciding :)
Love, Mads.
Hej Anette
ReplyDeleteOh my, i feel sorry for you and your family... :( I hope Nemo will sleep better tonight, so you could sleep as well.
I don't have any advice for you, since i don't like competition... And i don't know if you think about me as well, but if so please don't. It will make someone happy and that's the only important thing to me. I'm already happy to know you, i don't need more. :)
*hugs* <3
Steff
Micha: I actually think sending some photos could be so nice, I´ll think about that;=)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the help and enjoy the day!
Good morning Anette,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for you that you didn't sleep as you wanted. Now you get me curious. My idea is the competion, but i would like to know what you have to give us. Thank you for posting!
Have a nice day!
hey anette,
ReplyDeletei hope you sleep better tonight.
i really like the idea heavenqueen said. it's kinda like the escapist competition, soem kind of nightwish related picture by a song, or sentence out of one of the songs, chosen by you. and that we have to make a picture, drawing, lyric or whatever else with that.
If we don't have children to take pictures of, do cats count?
ReplyDeleteIts bed time for me so I'm not really functioning well to come up with any ideas right now! I'll see if anything pops into my head in the morning.
Arianna; It´s stage clothes that I will sign so good stuff;=)
ReplyDeleteOh.. so sorry for you. Hope you will sleep better tonight. Mayebe you should go out somewhere... Nemo will stay with dad. :) You should rest. Deep sleep is so important. I will keep my fingers crossed for the night. ;)
ReplyDeleteA competition.. Well.. I think we should do something inspireted by you, not Nightwish, only you. I think photos, digital art, traditional art or hand made will be perfect.
I have some drawings of you and it would be the best theme of competition but I know it is not fair for the others.. :D So different themes sounds more fun.
Have a nice day!
I must go to work, unluckily. :(
Saturday at work... bleeeh..
Paulina
You look tired Anette :(
ReplyDeleteLook on the bright side. At least you still have your nice fringe :)
I like the suggestions about making a Nightwish song into art.
Some suggestions so that non artistic people can have a chance of winning:
- Hack Tuomas' computer and get the new Nightwish album.
- Find out where Marco lives, kidnap him and make him believe that he's in a real life Saw movie.
- Borrow Emppu's guitar without permission
Thank you for the answer but i didn't undestand what you mean with "I will sign so good stuff". Can you explain me?
ReplyDeleteHi Anette,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry that you could not sleep. I know what it is like. Sleeping issues are very common at this age. Even babies who were great sleepers may start waking up at night between 6-7 months of age. You can find a lot about this on the internet. I know it will not help sleeping more, but it might be good to know that others are suffering from the same. ;-)
I do not really know this page, it was just the first I have found:
www.babycenter.com/0_baby-sleep-basics-6-to-9-months_7657.bc
Just want to add that I am against 'sleep trainings'.
I like the idea of sending photos. It can be fun for you and for us as well.
Have a nice rest of the day and may the Force be with you Super Mammy! ;-D
Beatrix
Oh yeah, babys are sometimes really annoying but I like them and love to play with them because they show you if they like it or not! :)
ReplyDeleteAdults always say that they like things even if you show them a crashed car! -.-"
Well, I think it would be funny if we have to do a challenge, like "how many toilet paper can you roll of in 1 Minute" ^^
But I like the idea from rb-1994 really much :)
So, I hope you can sleep better tonight!
With all my Love,
Laura from Austria <3
Hellu Anette!
ReplyDeleteOoh, little Nemo didn't let you sleep again ;)Yeah it's hard and yes you're tired, but later you will remember these times with smile only) Sweet moments when baby is growing from so little to some kind of big)
Eehhh, lovely moments O:)
What about the competition, maybe that can be a song? Since you sing and this is stage clothes (oh, so exciting)...Like, who sings the best one of the songs that was hard for you to sing or no, like thism who sings the best on the instrumental song with changing the melody but having the same lyrics) Like it will be kinda new song but still the same ;)
Kram)
Lola
I agree with Micha.. We can send some lyrics that we wrote. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah.. Sorry you didn't sleep well.. I think that your plan with couch is the best idea ;)
Have I nice day and get some sleep :)
Hi Anette !!
ReplyDeleteI so would like to have one of your stage clothes, i think it's a really good idea =)
I don't know if you remembered but in one of your earlier post, you wrote that you will put some of your stage clothes on Ebay, i wonder if you did it =) it would be cool to have the link cause i love your stage clothes =)
Wish you a good day, as mine will be cause tonight my bf and i will spend the evening with some friends of us for a birthday and i cooked a tiramisu =)
And hope everybody's ok even if everybody's tired ;p
Take care =)
Alisée
Hey Anette, Sorry you have not had good sleep :( It makes me sad to see your tired piture after so many sunshine happy face pictures yesterday! I realy hope you get some sleep & sweet dreams soon XX
ReplyDeleteHmm i think any funny picture or maybe some funny video clip from youtube to be posted anything that can make you laugh that you might not have seen before like Any funny picture or any funny video or maybe a funny song??
Kelly J xxxx
Hi! =)
ReplyDeleteSo, it's a good idea =)
I was thinking, the competition could be something like creativity, like texts and images. Cause, these are things that everybody can do, right?
The bests photos, of places or animals, or the best texts about something of your chose, things like this ;D I can't explain right, but I wait you understand it.
Waiting for you slepp well on the next night hihihi =)
Letícia Monique
Hi Anette,
ReplyDeleteI hope you will feel better soon! Maybe I can cheer you up with a nice winter song which got really famous in Germany at this time of the year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3ku18wV5k&feature=related
It's a German band called Unheilig and the whole video is also on their site:
http://www.unheilig.com/unheilig/videos
As for the competition, it would be nice if the blog readers send you a photo or a drawing referred to a Nightwish song :) Hope you'll find a good solution ;)
Have a nice day & hugs,
Jolie
Hi!
ReplyDeleteWell, that's interesting! But indeed not so easy to put up a competition.
-The 'usual' thing that you could do is a real competition where we have to do something: like write a poem or send a funny picture like Micha said or something else?
-Or you could do something without a real competition, but based on some luck. You could ask who wants to join to win something. Then you could put all the names in a bowl and let your 2 sons pick a name without looking. Et voila, 2 'winners' :-)
But a competition is interesting too ofcourse :-)
Kram
Daphne
hello anette!i am sorry for you and your family too!i have some ideas,one of them is-to get some interesting pictures by us!we will take photos in the different places!
ReplyDeleteHi Anette,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you didn't get enough sleep...Hopefully Nemo will sleep today for you. Cool idea for a competition...
I agree with heavenqueen - something Nightwish related...Photos, illustrations, lyrics, etc. This could be a chance for those that didn't get to participate in the Escapist contest.
Good luck with the decision! Can't wait!
Hope you get some sleep and have a quiet day. Oh and your hair still looks great!
Take care,
Christine
Anette
ReplyDeletemyself and Tuomas have the same problem thinking of our next competition. How about something similarm to our last one. Dedicated artwork/poems etc to you.
I was up all night too with my little one teething so I feel your pain.
Take Care
Carol
Hiya Anette! You look very very tired but I'm sure you will find some time to relax your body and mind;) YOUR TIME WILL COME;=)!!! Come on! Hep Hep!! ;=)
ReplyDeleteAnette - I have a funny story for you about my kids. As we discussed my daughter who is a big fan of yours was very difficult as a baby. She was 6 weeks pre-mature (Not the funny part). Well anyway after she came home from 2 weeks in the hospital she only would sleep for 2 hours at a time... not for a month, but try 4 months. (Funny Part) Now imagine I have to go to work everyday with travel it is a 10 - 12 hour day. I told my wife that we would switch every other night to stay up with the baby. So here I am sleeping for about 1 1/2 hours getting up.. Changing, feeding, burbing, putting back down. I seen your picture and I think that after 2 months into it I looked like an alien :) My skin was grey and the days mixed into one and the other. I look back and I cannot believe how tired I was. It almost made us not want anymore kids. When we had our son he sleeped 4 hours at a time, it was like magic :) So I can feel your pain, trust me. Now my daughter is 14 and my son is 10. It is hard to believe were the time has gone, very good memories. My daughter suggested poems for the competition. Have a great night, I think we are 6 hours different only 9:00am here in Michigan.
ReplyDeletepoochie you are right!come on-HEP,HEP,HEP!
ReplyDeleteHello, Anette!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you got no sleep tonight, but I'm sure little Nemo HAS to feel tired during the night, eventually, so that you and your boyfriend get some nice sleeptime as well. And take naps as often as you can! Whenever you see him having fallen asleep, then maybe it's time for you too to doze off for half an hour =)
And the competition is a really nice idea! I personally would even like an autograph + a tiny message or something, even without the giveaway things. =D
I don't really know about any ideas, though. I've read people wanting to send in drawings or Nightwish-related artwork, but to be honest, that would really, REALLY leave me "behind" hihi. Not good with visual arts at all. So my personal suggestion would be asking us to do a cover of some song you like or so, just posting the instrumental or linking to it if it's already on the internet.
Then again, as someone mentioned already, maybe it would be the most fair for all, no matter their talents, to just write their names down, or say "I'M IN" or something, and then pick two random names, so no one is in disadvantage.
But I'm sure no matter what decision you make, it's gonna be a really fun contest.
So thanks for the intention and have a good night later on, sleep well!
Anette,
ReplyDeletei forgot to tell you that if will be a competions for this, the winner could write to you his/her address and you could send to them.
Hey, a contest, that sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about: you post a picture every X days, and we would try to guess the meaning of it, like charades. Could be a phrase, word, etc.
But... stage clothes? I mean, it would be pretty awkward for me since I'm a guy. haha
Oh no, not good having no sleep! :( It always amazes me how active little ones can be on such little sleep! Wouldn't it be great to know their secret? haha
ReplyDeleteI hope you will get some rest this day xx
since you´ve got a new hair cut, we could send you funny pictures of our hair and you choose the one thats the funniest ^^
ReplyDeleteAh, the joys of new motherhood! This is actually what frightens me the most about having a baby...the sleep deprivation. I hope you are coping well and that you get some sleep soon.
ReplyDeletethe one that gives the best idea gets the first one of the two things, and the second thing goes to the one that wins his/her idea of competition :P
ReplyDeleteYou look really tired on this photo! Hope you will sleep better tonight! :/
ReplyDeleteCompetition! Very nice! Hmm... maybe, we could send you some pictures made to you or send you some lyrics and songs we wrote! Something like that, some things we can do for you! :)
Have a nice evening and enjoy as much as you can!
Big hug from Croatia!
Marija
Hi, me again!
ReplyDeleteMaybe, we can send you Nightwish music we did. For example, my orchestra and me performed Nemo on our concert. Maybe I can send you song Nemo in which only orchestra plays and we made it or send you a video in which we performed Nemo!
Can I, what do you think?
Marija
A.O. : hahahahahahah! thank you!!!!!! So, 3,2,1... Hep, Hep, Hep,...and one more time...come on and hep hep hep hep----- hep hep hep hep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDearest Anette,
ReplyDeleteOh, I am so sorry to hear that you didn’t sleep well…and I pray you shall be able to rest well and long tonight. I suppose all of this comes with the territory of having a child, but hopefully Nemo will sleep for a longer period of time this evening so that you can get some rest also. So, first of all, I believe the competition is a wonderful idea and I will most definitely be participating. As for the rules/how the competition should be held, I have read everyone else’s ideas and hear are my thoughts. Given that not everyone will be artistically talented in the same fields, I believe it should be open to poetry, drawings/computer images, and actual photos that they took themselves. That way it would be more open to everyone and still somehow connected to art/music. I believe it should be connected to music/Nightwish/you, so perhaps the poetry would need to be inspired by Nightwish or perhaps written about, and then the drawings/computer images would need to be pictures of Nightwish oriented things, or perhaps pictures of you. And then the photos would be a little more difficult to determine or define, so perhaps if it was like a picture of the sun setting over the ocean that they took that could be considered Nightwish oriented because the ocean has always been associated with Nightwish, etc, etc.
Anyway, those are my thoughts and ideas, I am sure you will be able to work something out. My only other suggestion would be what I believe a couple people have already suggested, which would be for people to tell you in the comments if they wanted to participate, and for those who did, you would write their name upon a piece of paper and then mix the names up in the bowl and pick two or have the kids pick two.
I hope the rest of your day is lovely, I pray you will soon be able to rest and refresh yourself soon :). On the bright side, as someone already stated, eventually you will be looking back on these memories fondly.
With all of my love and warmest of wishes,
Alexstrasza
Not all have artistic talent. For example, to write a poem or to paint something, but we are all creative.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion.
We create our own outfit on stage or recreate your some outfit. We wear this cloths, take a photo and send you a picture.
I hope you understand what I mean.
Hi Anette, I know that been a full time mum its exhausting!!! Hope you can sleep better tonight!:D
ReplyDeleteWell I have an Idea for the competition: we can take a photo of ourselves, dramatazing how we think you look like when you re doing your days as a mum and housewive PLUS without losing the fashion you are!!!
or we just can cut our hair same as you just do an dyed as you, and you can choose which one looks better with the look inspired on you!,... greetings Yamel
We should send you a video in which we IMITATE YOU ON STAGE with a nightwish song in the background :D it could be funny!!
ReplyDeleteAnette dear you look so tired *hugs* Having a little one who doesn't like to sleep at night can be really tough. Just have to remember to take a little bit of "me" time and take little cat naps whenever you can.
ReplyDeleteOh my, you are giving us a chance to win signed stage clothes!?! *Squeeeeee* very good stuff indeed.
I don't have any suggestions for competition ideas that are better than already posted by others. I like Carol's idea of doing something similar to the escapist competition but more dedicated for you.
I hope you can get some good sleep soon!
That's a great idea =)
ReplyDeleteMy advice is to ask us to make something we all are able to do. I saw that some of the readers talked about drawings or lyric etc... but we don't all have this talent so it could be impossible for some of us! Maybe a competition with photos could be better and accessible for us all.
The fact is if you chose this way of competition I hope I could send you new photos cause I send you a lot! ^^
Love & Hugs
Océ
Oh, poor Anette, you look so desperate :( The previous pics showed a very merry and fresh Anette, but I think she didn't leave forever ;) You will find her again hehe!
ReplyDeleteNo idea for the competition, but this is a great idea!
All the best,
Lucinda
Hello Anette !!
ReplyDelete:( Im sad to hear that you had a bad night !!
Next night will be better :D
You look beautiful on the pic,even tired !
OMG A competition ?? Thats amazing !!
I dont know,when i am in a competition i always lose...But you can do a competition of pics,poems,videos...
And the winner can have one of you4 stage clothes,a pic signed by you... Many people here already said many insteresting things ;)
I cant wait for the competition,even a Hello from you could be the best gift of my life :)
I hope you feel better,and dont worry,you will sleep beter :D
Kisses and Hugs from Portugal
Liliana
Oh, bad to hear that you had not much sleep. Hope you will sleep better this night ;=)
ReplyDeleteTo the competition.. I have n general idea but you could say us a song which we sing in a video or so, and then you mix it and put all together and you could sing the refrain.. and then you could release it at your blog. I think it would be the best gift for everyone, because I think I would be so so so so so sad and unsuccessful.. and if you would say that we have to draw or paint something then some people have no chance because theyre not so good in drawing..it was just an example..but thats the bad thing..
but nice to hear that you wanna give your stageclothes.. maybe you can show it with a photo?
But if I really admit.. On the one hand I would be so lucky, if I would win sth. but on the other side the competition is silly, because there are disadvantage for everyone..
So, dont do that.. in my opinion.
But thank you for thinking about us.
Hugs
Laura
Well, why don't you ask all of us to say why we should get the gifts, record it in a video and send the video for you? It would be fun for us to record and for you to watch the videos =)
ReplyDeleteHi Nettan ;=)
ReplyDeleteSince you are interested in fashion, so maybe something related to fashion. Like for example fans can send you a suggestion for a stage outfit for you, and you will choose the best one you think. I don't know, something like that :)
Oh I have a question to you. Nettie, have you ever been in a small Swedish town, called Hultsfred? I've heard that biggest music festival in Sweden has a place there every summer. I'm just curious. I want to go to Sweden this summer and maybe I'll go there. So I'm just asking, maybe you know something about this nice place :)
Ok there, sleep well. I hope Nemo will be a super good boy tonight. Kissess and hugs to you and your three boys :*
Martina
I hope you have a better night tonight.
ReplyDeleteI guess this doesn't apply to every child but my cousin has a soon to be 2 year old little boy and he still gives them (my cousin & his wife) a heck of night, and my cousin's wife has told me that the only nights he sleeps a lot without hardly waking up is when he spends the whole day active and doesn't take naps so by the end of the day he's so tired that he rests through almost the whole night with sometimes waking up once.
Also the doctor has told her that the more the child sleeps during the day then the more he'll sleep during the night, however that doesn't work with my little cousin.
About the things you want to give away, I think a competition would be good but I can't give any ideas because I'm not sure but I do like what some have recommended about doing something artistic like a poem or painting, etc... but I think it should be inspired by you not by Nightwish.
Hey Anette ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some sleep tonight!! ;)
I think that for the contest pictures would be the best idea. :D
And just by the way, I wanted to say that the gallery section in your website doesnt work :(
Take care!
Anette, today is my birthday. I'm 33. I don't celebrate it with a friends but next weeks with my parents and relatives because my mother this week was ill and she wasn't fell well.
ReplyDeleteI think competition should just be, that send message/e-mail to somewhere with Your name + address.. no photos, no drawings, lyrics, video's etc. Some of us can be very good with word, arts etc, but not all and it's for us not so talented hard to do anything special, no matter how much we would like to do something.
ReplyDeleteIf You could figure out something good people can do in Internet, that would be nice. Or do somekind of survey.. ..and of course if You wanna make competition and really find few hardcore fans of Yours to win those prizes then make 10 questions, which are not easy ones and not easy to search from web, that way You will propably find few real fans and not any "random" will win.
Good luck with that competition, I wish luck to everyone!
Tiia
Think about it this way... if I am having a bad day, or I am going through a bad time my mum always tells me: if you didn't have not so good days and weeks you wouldn't appreciate the good ones. Having bad days makes the good ones really good. So true, =).
ReplyDeleteAs for the competition, something arty and creative sounds very good!
Take care,
Jasmine
I think we should put outfits together for you, including shoes since you love fashiion. And you can pick your favorites. Your followers would pick from websites and combine the items to make the ensemble Price is no limit as this is for fun!
ReplyDeleteGet some rest! And good luck with that!
Tisa
Morning Anette:)
ReplyDeleteYour lookin' a little ruff around the edges
Anette. Hope you have had a better nights sleep than not. Much love, and sympathy, and may things return to near normal for you again soon.
take care, God bless
lots of love
Gary
Hi Anette, I'm very nervous because is the first time that I can write to you, maybe you could'nt read it, but anyway here is it. I'm Andrea from Peru (Southamerica), I'm studying journalism but my real first passion is photography and NIGHTWISH (big part of my life and heart), I really hope you're OK =) and also your babies.
ReplyDeleteI wish that Nightwish and U could come to my country...
Starting to love you...dear Anette, great mom ;)
*I'm really sorry for english :(
Anette, how about the old school way, find a riddle and have us answer it?
ReplyDeleteBut you'll have to be cautious because chances are most riddles are either on the net, or in movies...
wish you all the best...
omg, so nice anette :D, but if someone is so far away from there? how that person gets the prize, thats doesn't matter, but u can make a video dedicated to the winner, maybe idk, or sending you stuff related with you like songs pictures or anything funny, please check out my videos on you tube, i made covers from songs , the last one i made was ''For The Heart I Once Had'', it was tricky to learn but i did it :D,
ReplyDeleteand if you want that nemo sleeps well, sing a lullaby, or feed him 30 mins. before your going to sleep, then maybe he fall sleep in seconds :)
or you can take a ginseng tea, it will relax you, i dont like teas but thats works :), hey i have another idea, i love that u like evanescence, there's a song called ''GoodNight'', it's an EP, i love it cuz i hear that song every time i cant sleep well, its soft to hear, maybe the little nemo will sleep with that :)
ReplyDeletei hope you read this , i dont like the difference of time from here (mexico) to there u.u , i love to write on your blog :)
POEMS THAT WE WROTE, OR LYRICS, IT'S THE SAME THING... (i write poems....)
ReplyDeletetake care
yeah wich arianna said its good idea, the winner gives you her/his adress and u can message with that person n.n , i love the idea of giving some clothe autographed by you but some of us are so far away from there u.u so bad ¬¬'',haha, yo get that prize, or i really wish to chat with you i wish yo share ideas about music, im good imaginating places, whe i hear a song from NW , but if that song doesnt have a video i create that environment, i love to imagine a video of ''The escapist'' love that song n.n
ReplyDeleteoh please Anette don't think i'm a stalker xD haha, but you are the only possible singer wich i can talk, from the one's i like :D, but please watch my cover videos and tell me please how i'm doing, soon my mom it's going to buy me a violin, i want it cuz i want to learn ''meadows of heaven'' and all the songs of ''DPP'' :D they really goes to my heart so inspiring and lovely songs n.n
ReplyDeleteHi Anette.
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited about the idea of a competition and I really hope that I can be part of it.
I would suggest something creative but with many options. Like, you choose a topic/song/whatever and we can make a video/photo/painting/whatever about it.
I think everyone has a chance when there are many possibilities.
And of course we need enough time to make something new. It shouldn't be anything made by us long before because we have to show that we thought about the given topic.
But anyway, the most important thing is that everyone has a chance to do something he likes.
The easiest thing would really be, like it's already said in other comments, to put all names together and choose without looking. That's also okay.
So please let us know soon what kind of competition it will be. I would really love to be participant! Not for the prize (too for the prize), but for the idea and the whole thing.
Have a nice Sunday,
Luisa
I'm sorry I can't think of anything for the competition, but since you're so tired, here's a little something that always makes me smile :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xAeTmsJfg
Best wishes!
xx
I have an new idea. We can take a funny photo of our pet.
ReplyDeleteHey, Anette, I had written for this blog entry yesterday too but I think I didn't post it correctly, so I'll type it again. I hope I actually DID check the posts well and mine wasn't there, so I dont make a fool out of myself posting it twice =').
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion for this competition, as you are a singer, was asking us to do a cover of your favorite song or such. Even if probably the majority of us don't have professional recording devices and all, I personally love doing karaoke on different instrumentals I find on the internet and record myself with the mic. So I was thinking this could be something fun to do.
Or, to be 100% fair, it could just be some sort of "random 2 names picking" between the blog posters / the ones who wanna participate to the competition, so everyone would have a chance. Truth be told, everyone's suggestion is regarding to their own hobbies/talents, and not everyone can draw/photograph/write lyrics/sing etc.
I can't wait for the final decision though!
What if I knit you a pair of nice socks?! :) They´ll warm a tired mom´s feet! :)
ReplyDelete- Gabri (Minna)-
Hi Anette! Been there, it really can be tough with a small baby! Yet, it won't last forever.
ReplyDeleteHow we dealt with it was a simple but maybe an unconventional way: I started to go to sleep at 8-9 pm and slept in the other room with earplugs. My wife took the early night shift and woke me up around 3 am to take up the morning shift. She was breast feeding but we pumped some milk into bottle during the day for my turn so that wasn't a problem. I again woke her up around 9 am before I left for work - this way we both could get 6 hours of sleep which made me feel like a Sleeping Beauty after those endless 1+1+1+1+1 hour nights..
You need some sleep to keep the creative energy going - good luck and as I said it won't last forever anyway :-)
how about a competition to come up with some great tips on getting some needed sleep....or how to treasure the few moments you get for yourself while Nemo is testing your patience... something that would be just for you to benefit...
ReplyDeleteDo try to get some sleep...being a mom is a great thing as you know...and comes with challenges...take a long bubble bath and get your other half to sleep in cycles...basically you take turns..why have both loose sleep...it only takes one to stay up....so one sleeps the other enjoys some bonding time with the baby...
You know it all will end eventually...and he will sleep through the nights....
Hugs and tons of positive energy coming at you....
Du ser bra ut..söt fast tröt..allt gått för dig..mår bra o puss o kram
ReplyDeleteHälsning från Finland o Toni
It's very hard to suggest a competition that you would find both fun and interesting enough to judge, since unfortunately I don't have the pleasure of knowing you on a personal level.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I myself love hearing and reading stories about funny, wonderful and even weird moments in people's lives that truly meant a lot to them.
So perhaps you could ask people to post or preferably to send you such short stories, to let the stories to take you away for a few minutes and give you a taste and a reminder of all the wonderful, personal moments life may have to offer to you - and to Nemo :)
I like the lyrics/poem idea, or what if we made a music video? =]
ReplyDeleteThat could be unfair though because not everyone has a good camera/computer/programs but I think it would be fun :)
I don't know how anyone does this, you can't plan a contest and be fair to everyone...I guess you'll just have to have lots and lots of different contests ;)
Emphasis on the lots and lots :P (I have bad luck!)
Hope you get some sleep haha. I don't live with any little kids, but I am a really light sleeper so I wake up with practically any sound. At least it's a sound you love :)