I have always prided myself as a late-night person. I can stay up very late wee into midnight, sleep for 5 to 6 hours and still be fully functional in the morning. “at least that is what i think LOL!” I have been a gamer ever since i was in high school up to now that i am already in my mid 30’s… “DOTA any one?” and as  gamers we are known to stay up very late… ^_^
But lately, my son and i have been left to fend for ourselves… Â just kidding…. My wife and my daughter went home to the Philippines for a very important matter.
My son Derick who is 11 months old is left in my care. It has been 9 days since they left and i have managed to adjust to the current situation. I even thought to my self “hmmm i ain’t that bad even when left alone with a baby in my care” Hurrah for me… hurrah!!!!
Every thing is going well… except for one…..
These past few days i have been experiencing sleepiness in my classroom. I even fell asleep while i was having my speaking test. That has never happened to me before no matter how boring listening to 45 students talk one by one. One student even asked me. “Khruu Kha, huang non uh.. Tum mi?”  Teacher.. Why are you sleepy? I just shook my head and smiled coz i don’t know either.
I was really baffled about this lack of sleep issue since this has never happened to me before.  Then the light bulb lit cartoonishly in my head realizing that… waking up 3 to 4 times to give Derick his milk during the night has caused this sleepiness. It is the only change in my sleeping habit ever since my wife went home. And indeed it is true. Last night as i was giving Derick his milk i realized that waking up to give his milk is really energy draining. The amount of energy spent to respond to his cry is just immense “Well for a sleeping person that is” No time for yawning or lingering… it’s just immediate action to get the milk bottle, or worst make the formula as fast as i can because i do not want Derick to fully awaken.. and when all the commotion dies down i try to go back to sleep… which will take for quite some time.
If you have any similar situation feel free to type it in.. leave your comments, reactions etc etc… will be glad to hear from you folks… Cheers!
🙂 Ryan D.
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First, I would like to congratulate you for a job well done. I’m sure your wife will be very proud of you.Indeed, moms are awesome. Not to many husbands/ fathers can understand what mothers are going through unless they experienced it themselves just like you do.
In my case since I am a full time mom, I don’t want to bother my husband with taking care of our little one so as not to disturb his sleep for him to have the needed energy for work the next day but I am sure he understands why I woke up late most of the time especially that I am still breastfeeding our baby.
in my high school and collage days.. i’m addicted too to video games
Just imagine all of the hours of sleep you caused your parents to lose, now the tables have turned…
Hahaha… thanks currybadger… ^_^
Hi Mitch, kindly add nalang ang main URL ng blog ko ha 🙂 thanks mucho 🙂
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You’re just like my husband! He loves his video games. And to be honest, I’ve played a lot of them too back in high school and college just so I can understand what all the fuss is about. But now that I’m a Mom, I don’t have time for them anymore! But he certainly does! He doesn’t play DOTA anymore though, it takes too much time and can get him addicted to it again. So I’m happy with supplying him with his yearly 2K NBA games and such for his PS3.
Hey… fellow gamers! LOL! Oo nga! my wife mitch played a little during our college years and she was into it also… We used to hang out at an internet cafe in down town Davao and stayed until 2 am. Counter Strike was the money making game. LOL! remembering those years. Now is just online DOTA for me… Thanks to wives like you who understand husbands like us…. Cheers! ^_^