Rock-A-Bye Chandra

Have you ever rocked yourself to sleep? 

I did three times in the last two days while trying to rock my 17-month-old niece to sleep. I've never felt the sheer exhaustion I've experienced the last three days. It seems as if I go to bed tired and wake up tired. My niece is at the age where everything is interesting, so I'm constantly running after her. I spin four times a week, so I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm more tired after chasing after a toddler all day than an hour-long spin class, where I burn 600 calories.

The first time I rocked myself to sleep was yesterday afternoon. I was sitting in my office rocking Kaylee to sleep. All of a sudden, I felt her rubbing my shoulder because the rocking stopped. I had fallen asleep.

The second time was last night. I was humming the ABCs and heard Kaylee mumble something because the humming stopped. I had fallen asleep.

And the third time was about 90 minutes ago. Kaylee had fallen asleep on the way home from the mall, but by the time we got her inside, took of her shoes and changed her diaper, she was awake. The plan was not to rock or hum this time. I thought that if I sat in the rocking chair in the dark that she would drift right back to sleep. She didn't go to sleep, but I did. I woke up when I felt her trying to slide down my legs.

If only Kaylee could fall asleep as fast as I have these last days...