A different view on babies night waking...

**Marlene** · May 5th, 2009, 04:27 PM

Here is a poem (I didn't write it, not sure of the author) that I read (or tried to read, lol) at Jack's naming ceremony on Sunday. I read the first three lines and turned to a blubbering mess (I had only had 3 hours sleep the night before) and the celebrant had to finish reading it, she is a friend of mine and also nearly didn't make it through the reading as she has a one year old little boy as well.

I am going through sleep deprivation again at the moment..and reading this makes me feel a little better about it all.

I thought the ladies in here whose bubs don't sleep through yet might appreciate it. This poem sheds a lovely light on those middle of the night wake ups.

3am

It's 3 am they're all asleep,
And no one's here to see
as we rock slowly back and forth
My Baby Boy and me

His little head is feather light
tucked up against my chin
I hold his tiny hand in mine
and stroke his baby skin

The house about us creaks and groans
the clock hands creep around
He snuggles closer to me still
and makes his baby sounds

I love these quiet hours so much
and cherish every one
store memories up inside my heart
for lonely nights to come

All too soon he'll be grown up
his need for Mummy gone
but until then I still have time
for kisses and for song

Time for quiet hours like this
with him cuddled in my arms
where I wish he'd always stay
protected, safe and warm

And yet I know the day will come
when this tiny little hand
will be much bigger than my own
he'll grow to be a man

But until then he's mine to love
with no one here to see
as we rock slowly back and forth
my Baby Boy and me.

**Patooties** · May 5th, 2009, 04:35 PM

That's a lovely poem. I used to love those quiet times in the middle of the night - (although if it were a choice between lovely quiet time and sleep I know which one I would have chosen

) Even now my 20 month old still wakes once or twice - and i love getting into bed with her and giving her a nice warm snuggle

Hope you get some sleep soon.

**Ozstar** · May 5th, 2009, 04:47 PM

Awww thats beautiful.

**Shanti** · May 5th, 2009, 04:58 PM

What a beautiful poem

I know what helps me get through the really sleepless nights (and we are having heaps as she's only 3mths!!) is the fact that she is sooooo cute!

If our babies weren't cute... geez it'd be hard to get up to them in the night

hehehe

**Gigi** · May 5th, 2009, 05:14 PM

oh that's beautiful Marlene! thanks for sharign that.

bilby woke every two hours up to 20 months old, i SOOO relate to that! even though i fed her in bed, not a rocking chair, it still reasonates alot, the pacing around the place etc. (a rocking chair would have been a nice option, if we had space for one).

**boobaloo** · May 5th, 2009, 05:16 PM

i can join you on the sleep deprived front, so i too am slightly emotional, and shed a few tears through this poem. i dread the day my babies are grown and don't need me, the bond is so special you hope it will never change, but inevitably it will, and that's really sad. thanks for the poem, hope you get some shut eye xo

**Sterla** · May 5th, 2009, 05:22 PM

Well, now I'm a blubbering mess! That's a beautiful poem

. I'm not even sleep deprived now (lucky me I know!), but what a lovely depiction of mummy-baby love

.

**LimeSlice** · May 5th, 2009, 06:47 PM

Thanks Marlene

I needed that

**Winter** · May 5th, 2009, 06:51 PM

When did I get so blubbery??

I'm turning into a right sook! Sleep deprivation and gorgeous babies do that to a person!

**boomba** · May 5th, 2009, 07:02 PM

Beautiful! i am ging to save it and read it when his waking gets me down

Thank you so much for posting!

**Marlene** · May 5th, 2009, 07:58 PM

I keep coming back in here to read the replies...and I read the poem every time, and cry every time, LOL.

**Arcadia** · May 5th, 2009, 08:00 PM

Thanks so much for sharing...I will be thinking of those words tonight when my bubba wakes.

**Willow** · May 5th, 2009, 08:13 PM

Awwww, that's lovely!

I'm going to keep a copy of it for a few months time - feels like I only just started sleeping again and now we'll be right back here again! All so, so worth it though.

**ezymay** · May 5th, 2009, 08:55 PM

Aww Marlene that's lovely! No wonder you couldn't read it!!! I am sitting here blubbering too!

**Spring Angel** · May 5th, 2009, 08:58 PM

What a beautiful poem. It is so true, those moments alone at night can be very special. If only I had that poem when DS was little, I would have framed it and hung it in his nursery to remind me that he would only be little for a short while (as I got up for the millionth time)