Lately I have been wondering if hibernating animal mothers have the same issues with their little ones that we do.
If I could talk with a groundhog, here are some of the questions I would ask:
Do you children call out “Is it spring yet?”
JDaniel asks if it is morning yet through the monitor at least once a week.
Do your little ones sleepwalk through your tunnel? If so, do you find them in odd places underground when spring comes?
I have a friend whose daughter walks up and downstairs at night.
Do they need to get up in the middle of the hibernation cycle to use the bathroom or to get water?
One of my sister’s children does this a lot.
Do they have trouble settling in at the beginning of hibernation?
There are many moms in my playgroup that have children hopping in and out of bed each night.
Do they complain that they aren’t tired yet or that other moms let their children stay out later than you do?
JDaniel has just started commenting he isn’t ready for bed yet. I have let him know while that may be true the bed is ready for him.
Do they need to gather fifty million loveys around them to go to sleep?
JDaniel only gets five loveys to sleep with. He would love every stuffed animal he owns in bed with him at night.
How does your husband get up to check his shadow without waking up your little ones?
If JDaniel is close to waking up and my husband turns on the microwave to make coffee in the morning, it totally wakes him up.
Finally I would want to know this:
Do you hope and pray your husband will see his shadow so you can sleep for six more weeks?
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
Awesome! The last is my favorite!
Pierce and Reid are both great sleepers. Cort is the tricky one. If your breathing shifts he knows and wakes up. Considering he shares a room with his twin brother and we have a rooster this is not conducive to good sleep. I just keep hoping it is a phase. Although at this point I’m pretty sure not.
Leesa says
This is too funny! Thank you for stopping by Airplanes in August. I am loving the new look of your blog. I was out of the bloggy world for a little while and look at what I come back to!
Judie says
I LOVE this!If those questions were about me, I could pretty much answer “yes” to all of them! Thanks for a good laugh!
EG Wow says
Sleeping for the next six weeks sounds like a delightful idea!
Kate says
Great post! I’m glad my kids aren’t the only ones with multiple loveys! Very cute and I look forward to reading more from you.
Lola says
Fabulous post -as always!
XOXO Lola:)
Rocky Mountain Woman says
Giggle..
Excellent, very cute!
Mary says
Too cute…love “the bed is ready for him”!
Vintagesouthernlife says
Cute post! My little grand asks is it light outside yet? I guess night time seems really long to them unlike us.
Teresa says
So funny! This was quite the creative post. Glad the groundhog didn’t see his shadow!
Honey at 2805 says
Very funny and creative. You had me laughing.
Jessica Heights says
I would install flood lights to shine on my husband if I got to sleep for six more weeks!!! LOL!
myorii says
Cute post 🙂 Wow, so this is what I have to look forward to, huh? I’m lucky right now since E goes to bed when we put her in her crib. We haven’t transitioned her to a big girl bed yet but I suppose that’ll have to happen eventually.
Dominique @Dominique's Desk says
My kids are all bad sleepers.. and I’m a really light sleeper… I get awaken each nice from 4-6 times ( night feeds/ kids turning on the bathroom light to use the toilet) I really wonder how long it will take before I can get a full 4 hrs uninterrupted sleep.
★Mumsy★ says
Wonderful post! My children all need a water bottle(normal one) by their bed side since the winter tends to make them more thirsty at night.
I can use 6 weeks of hibernation 🙂
Theresa says
Sweet Post and great Questions:) Happy Q day!
hip-chick says
So cute! I don’t even know whether he saw his shadow or not yesterday. We have so much snow here that it’s going to take all six weeks just to get what we have to melt.
Gattina says
I never had problems with my son, but I wake up when a flea caughs !
Jackie says
Hi that’s funny. I never thought of asking hibernating mom animals those questions lol . When I used to put my babies to bed , I would fall asleep at the same time , which was kind of a bummer cause I never got around to do much housework but I did as I went along , however, I never had a problem with them going to sleep lol … anyway…
Jenny says
This whole post made me laugh.
I love the whole premise of this concept. Hopefully you will write a childrens story with this because it is wonderfully charming.
Thanks for linking. I always love visiting you.
A+
Shell says
This is so cute!
Sue says
heehee…love that last one!
I also love this:
“I have let him know while that may be true the bed is ready for him.”
Well done, Mom!
=)
Erin says
It makes me crazy when my husband wakes up the boys!! Good thing he goes to work at 5am so I can tell them its not time to get up yet!
Su-sieee! Mac says
I like every one of these questions. I can’t help but see a picture book in this post. 🙂
marisworld says
Brilliant post! I wonder what her answers would be!
Y. Ikeda says
Hilarious entry. Love it.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
~ Noelle says
that was cute…
thanks, it made me smile
Jersey Diva Mom says
I love my hubs to pieces… but I could throttle him every time he bangs around the coffee pot on days my light sleeping Son2 could have slept in.
30ish Mama says
I really enjoyed this post, very cute! Sleep is what I miss most since having a baby and your post made me laugh about it. So glad to have connected with you!
H says
Brilliant. I hadn’t realised it was groundhog day this week until I read it on blog, but I love your questions and the ‘kids in and out of bed’ thing brings back memories! In fact, my 16 year old still has some stuffed toys kicking around on his bed.