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?