Reasons Parents Are Up at Night
Test Your Middle-of-the-Night Skills: Why Have You Been Up at Night?
All parents are up in the middle of the night at one point or another. From late-night feedings to wee-hour wailings, everyone knows that parenting is a 24-hour-a-day job, but it's the late-night episodes that really put parenthood to the test. And while it never gets easy, some of us have been up so much at night that we could do just about anything at 2 a.m. — and I'd say that gives us bragging rights!
So where do you stand on the nighttime wakings? See how many of these middle-of-the-night wakings you have dealt with as a parent. Then be sure to share, because who knows, maybe you're actually not the most tired mama out of all your friends!
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- Breastfeeding
- Giving a bottle
- Changing a diaper
- Changing a child's sheets from a pee accident
- Changing a child's sheets from vomit
- Baby wants to be flipped back over
- Baby wants to play
- Toddler wants to play
- Big kid wants to play
- Consoling a scared child from a bad dream
- Consoling a scared child from thunderstorms
- Answering a child's question (completely random)
- Answering a child's question (about the following day)
- Calming down an excited child (due to pending birthday, trip to Disney, etc.)
- Giving medicine
- Rocking a gassy baby
- Rocking a colicky baby
- Satisfying the fact that your child "needs" you
- Listening for a coughing child
- Steaming out a croupy child
- Googling an illness or sickness
- Snuggling with a child
- Calling a pediatrician
- Driving to the ER
- Checking on your child's breathing/heartbeat
- Worrying about your baby
- Worrying about your toddler
- Worrying about your big kid
- Worrying about your teen
- Worrying about your adult child
- Your child heard a noise
- You heard a noise
- Your partner heard a noise
- Consoling a teething child
- Looking for a lost blankie/lovie/stuffed animal
- Waiting out your child's night terror
- Googling night terrors
- Helping your sleepwalking child get back to bed
- Your toddler/big kid is hungry
- You have absolutely no idea why
