So I think the thing that surprised me the very most, a little over a year ago when my son came home from the hospital, was the whole “midnight feeding” thing. The way people said it, I always assumed he’d go to sleep, wake up around midnight, have a FEEDING, and then go back to sleep. Little did I know that my child had no clock. None. Apparently they don’t get that til their older. So there I was awake at 2am surprised that my child was taking that opportunity to just chill. Relax. Hang out. NOT SLEEP. Over time I’ve gathered songs that seemed to express what I was feeling on those long, long nights. There were times when John was up as well, a LOT of times. But there were still plenty of hours sitting alone with my baby, wondering if I would ever, sleep again.
And as for these songs, it didn’t matter what the song was actually about, if there was one line I could sing to my child and feel like the music was chasing the crazies away, it was on the list. So welcome to the list.
No One- Alicia Keys This entire song actually fit most nights. Think about the words in terms of a newborn child, and yeah. Pretty good stuff.
Waldorf, Worldwide, Good Charlotte. Appropriately nicknamed naptown. (I was there, for three months. More. Not Indianapolis. Is that where they’re talking about? I mean the place where you don’t sleep for more than 3 or 4 hours at a stretch at any given time.) As they say, “Get down stay up all night now, let’s do this one more time.”
Toto: ITTSSSGONNA TAKE A LOT TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOUUUUU. THERE’S NOTHING THAT A HUNDRED MEN OR MORE COULD EVER DOOOOO!! I bless the rains…down in Africa?
I only wannabe with YOU. (And Camper looks around as if to say: “Good thing, I’m the only one here right now.”) Thanks for this one, Hootie and the Blowfish.
I’ll give you my heart, give you my shoulder. OVER AND OVER. Heather Nova.
Erin sings: “If there’s one thing in my life that I’m missing, it’s the time that I spend alone…TIME FOR, a COOL CHANGE.”
Erin…..sorry to hear you aren’t getting any sleep : ( I’ve been so lucky with Brady I only hope this little girl will be as easy on me as he’s been!
I think “Africa” is appropriate for almost any given situation.
Oooohh…AFRICA! Love that song. I have a whole iPod playlist of songs that I put together during Zoey’s first year…and yes, most of them remind me of just how little sleep I was getting at the time. *sigh*