It won't be like this for long

So the past few months (basically most of Luci's life after month 5)have been pretty rough on Mitch and I in the sleep department. Luci had chronic ear infections as an infant and we dealt with ear infections every month up until she got tubes put in her ears at the start of her 11th month. She would cry, sob, and scream every night. It broke our heart and we would rock our baby until we couldn't anymore and we would switch. I never knew heartache could hurt so bad until my own baby was hurting and I couldn't help her. Well, we got tubes put in her ears and it has helped her ear infections tremendously...like we haven't had an infection since (note I only said infection). Luci was quite the late bloomer with teeth and did not get her first one until she was 10 months old...so what does that mean for her? They all come in at once. She has had 5 (and a half)teeth come in in under 3 months! Yikes! So, what does that mean for her (and us)...long, painful nights of crying, sobbing, and screaming. NO FUN! Her teeth have caused swollen gums, runny nose, and yes, you guessed it...EAR ACHES! Ug. Needless to say, Mitch and I are exhausted. I absolutely can not stand to see our baby in pain and it hurts me (us) so...but oh, how we both need sleep. Our average is about 4 hours a night and let me say again, WE ARE EXHAUSTED. It disappoints me so much because I thought after her tubes that we were in the clear for full night's rest...boy was I wrong. But as tired, exhausted, sleepy, tired, and exhausted as I am...Every night when I get her calm and it is just me and her rocking in her dark room at night...this song just goes through my head...


He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long

Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long

Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on

‘Cause it won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long



Yeah, it is rough right now on the Minnick family, but I have a healthy, happy girl and I know to cherish every moment, good or bad, because...It won't be like this for long. :-)