Ok a new question of the week - should insomniacs be parents? or parents of babies and/or toddlers? I know what you are thinking. It should be a perfect match. After all you are up or waking up most the night anyway so you can get up when the kids need you. Yet, maybe, there could be a down side to this match. After all, what if you are a recovering insomniac?

The story: I used to be one of those people who as soon as their head touched the pillow was out for a good 7-8 hours. No bothers. Then I turned into one of those people who was out like a light as soon as her head touched the pillow then woke up 2 hours later, then 1.5 hours later, then 2 hours and well, you get it. Now I must say that this was a natural progression for someone who hates alarm clocks so much that if I set one I will always wake up before it goes off. Then you have an older dog who needs to get up a couple of times a night to go potty. Ok. Then you start foaling out your horses so you get up and go ouside to check on your mares every 2-3 hours. Then you have an orphan foal that you need to feed every 3 hours and so you get up and do that. All of this is done without the aid of an alarm clock. So, of course, your body thinks this is the way you sleep now.

Fast forward a couple years later. Your body is finally adjusting to actually being able to sleep through the night. Then what do you do. Yep, adopt a toddler. One who when he first gets home wakes up for a couple of hours of play time between 3-5 am. He gets over that. Then he has a cough and wakes himself up a couple of times - well, not really awake but now you are. Then one night months later he wakes himself up at 2 am and decides to play until 5 am. Aaaggghhhh!! He gets over that and sleeps soundly through the night the next couple of nights.

But you... well, you go right to sleep. And wake up at 2am - wide awake!

Crap.