You know you are sleep deprived when...
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Topic: You know you are sleep deprived when...
Posted By: Paws
Subject: You know you are sleep deprived when...
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 6:05pm
1. You forget your husbands birthdate while filling out birth registration forms. 
2. While filling out the birth registration you also forget what year your brand new baby was born! 
3. Your hubby, fully dressed, attempts to put his shorts on over his jeans. 
Anyone else got any pearlers to add?? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 6:13pm
alright, I will admit, I had to giggle at the mental picture of B trying to pull up his shorts over jeans  ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 6:14pm
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lol I had a dream the police took jack off me for a night and when i woke up and realised it wasn't true i was disappointed
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 6:30pm
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Hey paws, i am with you on the number 1. I had to ask him what his DOB was.
4. You forget your husband's middle name while filling out the birth registration. 5. You call your newborn your cat's name - me and hubby both do that
6. You call your partner your brother's name - more than once. ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 7:21pm
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1. U talk to your cat likes its ur baby by accident
2. Call your baby ur cats name (i do this often) or vice versa 3. Go shopping at 7.30am to get nappies etc and put shopping in the car and instead of getting in the drivers seat to leave u climb in behind the drivers seat shut the door wait a min before realising that you are the one that is supposed to be in the drivers seat. Get out sheepishly and leave in a hurry LOL |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 8:07pm
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1. You have to ring your parents are ask them your date of birth when filling in the forms - I was so tired but I had to do them then and it was so funn, mum had a good laugh. 2. You answer your phone with what you would say at work. Lucky it was my friend who worked with me and we had a laugh about that on too. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 8:24pm
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Tiredness when I was a new mum:
Dreamt that the baby was my pillow and kept waking up with a fright! Bit further down the track: Put nappies on backwards. .. I have tonnes more but I'm too tired to think of them!  ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 8:34pm
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OK so I haven't actually HAD the babies yet, but not a lot of sleep happening here and...
I got up to pee and dozed off on the toilet and woke with a start just as I was falling off... -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 8:36pm
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when mikey was little and we were trying to get him to stop sleeping in our bed i'd wake up freaking out coz i couldn't find him and i'd wake sam up by frantically patting all over the bed looking for the baby before waking up enough to realise that he was in his cot. ------------- |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 8:44pm
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I had SO many dreams that I was suffocating Ashlee when in fact, she's never ever slept in our bed! Even to the point where I was pulling on the blankets and hubby said 'what are you doing?' and I muttered something about Ashlee not being able to breathe under the covers. Thankfully, those dreams stopped just after I stopped breastfeeding.
Nappies on backwards - done that before too! Got half way to our destination to realise we'd forgotten the nappy bag... Put the sterilizer in the microwave without the lid on... Put the sterilizer in the microwave and walked away without turning it on! And I don't know how many times I've lost count of how many scoops of formula I've put in a bottle. I only need to count to 4!!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 9:16pm
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oh and another one or two:
Putting the meat in the microwave to defrost so the cats dont get it and then forgetting and instead of setting up the timer i turned the microwave on and cooked the meat inside lol Im also one that has the random dreams about suffocating or rolling onto ella when she doesnt even sleep with us. I even have been known to wake cory coz i was patting him and prying his arms open trying to find ella. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 9:52pm
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lol
1-putting the milk in the cardbroad then telling everyone in the house we have no milk then finding it the next day 2-gotta out of the car and started walking away when your own mother goes weres bubs and hes still in his carseat in the car which you have locked lol 3 and prob the worst forgotton your own babys brithdate when the ambelince driver asks for it ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 10:00pm
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I have put the formula tin in the fridge fall asleep in the bath and almost drowned http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 8:21am
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It was about 3am and I tried to put a fresh nappie on piper before I realised I had'nt taken the other one off first
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:31am
| doing up an all in one before realising there was no nappy on |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:54am
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Not putting water in the microwave bottle steriliser, only realising when it starts making funny noises. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:55am
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You know your sleep deprived when you can lose pretty much everything and anything when you have a clean house.
You know your sleep deprived when you wake up before your newborn. You know your sleep deprived when your favourite TV show that your partner will give you peace to watch without interruption becomes naptime! You know your sleep deprived when you wonder why the dog isn't coming to your call and you realise you're calling your babies name. You know your sleep deprived if you have ever put clothing a bottle or a nappy on the wrong end of a baby. You know you are sleep deprived when you are convinced that everyone else is crazy and you are the sane one. You know you are sleep deprived when you say to your babycom "shhh, go back to sleep!" I'm not so sleep deprived today!  ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 10:55am
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I always wondered what the sterilizer would do without any water in it...! I always double check coz I never remember if I put water in it in the first place
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 12:37pm
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I have had several dreams that Ashleigh is in our bed and I'm trying to find her! One night the cat was between my legs asleep and I thought he was Ashleigh - he must have got a huge fright when I tried to swoop him up!! And yip, never remember how many scoops of formula I have put in!! ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 12:38pm
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Hubbys birthdate on Abbys form is the 21 March instead of the 20th something he will never let me live down! ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 1:21pm
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mike once lept up in the middle of the night screaminbg "sh*T!!" and pretty much jumping up standingo n the bed about to leap off.. he was asleep. He woke up half way through and freaked out - he had been having a dream that he was somewhere with the girls and paris let go of his hand and ran out into the middle of the road. So sweet and rightfully i can see how he would have just leapt and screamed, but boy it woke me up in a hurry and freaked me out. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:41am
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You know you are sleep deprived when you open your front door at 7pm to find people standing there with a bottle of wine - coming for the dinner you invited them for 10 days previously
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:58am
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oh dear, that would be.. interesting. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:53am
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You know when you are sleep deprived when... you try to open the front door with your car key, and start the car with your front door key ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:56am
Just remembered one from when I was pregnant.... you know you are either pregnant or sleep deprived when you get to work, park your car, and find your petrol cap on the roof, having filled up about 15 mins previously. All those people tooting and smiling at you now make much more sense..... 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 12:03pm
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You know you're sleep deprived when... you get everything (and everyone) out to the car, including locking up the house, to discover you've left the baby's carseat inside! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 12:44pm
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So many times I have left the house and got halfway up the street only to discover I've locked my bag with keys and phone and money in it, inside!
------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 12:57pm
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you know you are sleep deprived when..... baby has been furiously sucking at the bottle for a few minutes before you realsie you left the cap in and nothing is coming out!! I did this not once but TWICE to my poor baby lol!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: BabyCam
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 4:32pm
| I have tried to open the front door to the house with the button on the car keys that unlocks the car. I even stood there waiting for the click that means the door is unlocked. I'm not sure I can blame that on sleep deprevation though. |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 9:14am
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how about this lil' gem....
Standing there waiting for the garage door to open - baby & bag at the ready, only to discover that... dun dun duuunnn..... the car's been STOLEN! You phone hubby to tell him that your beloved vroom vroom has been pinched (I love my car! I'm very sad lol) only to have him peeing himself laughing and reminding you that he "stole" the car as it needed a warrant  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:29pm
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You know you are sleep deprived when you try to heat your lunch up in the fridge instead of the microwave. Oops. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:44pm
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You know you are sleep deprived when someone's post reminds you to HAVE lunch!
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 2:52pm
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The old baby in bed theme seems to be going strong, I can say I had this alot, and the poor dog (who does, I am embarassed to say, sleep in between us)has been mistaken for Jake many times in those frantic half asleep "suffocating the baby" moments...
I often dial 1 to get an outside line at home, as well as answer the phone "welcome to Michael...oh, I mean hello" ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 2:53pm
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Oh yeah,a nd I have been making owrk calls announcing myself as "Annie from Blenhiem Parents Centre". confuses people?! (been doing a bit of parents centre phoning recently..) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 12:36pm
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just have to add my sleep deprived moment of the day-
you know youre sleep deprived when you put the toaster in the fridge and the milk in the pantry...hmmm.... back to bed.... |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 2:54pm
| Yeah my most recent one was: You know you are sleep deprived when you leave your keys in the front door ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT LONG! |
Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 4:29pm
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hahahahaha hehehehe
Mine is: You take the chicken out of the fridge, cut the skin off and put it back in the fridge to COOK ------------- Selina http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 4:32pm
| you put something in the microwave to cook and wait and wait and wait...and realise you havent even started it. same with the jug and the oven... wakey wakey! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 5:28pm
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You spend 10 minutes in a frustrated panic looking for the shoes you just had, only to find you've already put them on your feet ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 6:39pm
| lol mel! thats great! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 17 October 2006 at 7:16pm
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I put the cheese and margarine in the pantry today... duh! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 7:48pm
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*bump*
You know you're sleep deprived when... ... you get out of the shower and you put your deodorant on your belly, and your bio oil under your arms !! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 8:06pm
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You can't finish a single sentence, or repeat the last thing you said ------------- |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 9:33pm
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You know your sleep deprived when New Years Eve is no longer an event to stay up and get pissed for it's a reason to wave off Hubby and have a good nights sleep starfishing! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 10:06pm
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he he, you know you are sleep deprived when you go to change the sheets on the baby's cot, and have to stop and sit and rest on the floor between putting each sheet on.. it's just so tiring. (no kidding, was me this afternoon)
You know you're sleep deprived when your kids get to you for the littlest things, and you start using the phrases that make you sound like your mother.... and You know you're sleep deprived when you can now sympathise with WHY your mother said those things to begin with... ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 2:34pm
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lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 4:02pm
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That cracks me up! So blimmin true. I knew I was sleep deprived the night I put Ella to bed all dressed in her nightwear but sans nappy. More recently, I've called hubby "mum" a few times (how's that for weird?!?", called Ella a friend's baby's name more than once, and called the poor girl "puss" instead of the kitten. I've also tried to put the kitten down for a sleep as if it were a tired baby... and every time I go to re-heat my half-finished coffee I open the microwave to find the last drink still in there. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Myamy
Date Posted: 13 January 2007 at 10:13am
| So many things on here i could repeat in regards to myself. But i really no im sleep deprived when i say half sentnece outloud but finish it in my head then i get frustrated because the person im talkin to has no idea what im goin on about! |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 10:58am
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I had to laugh at myself this morning, Jack woke up and was crying through the monitor, so what do I do, hit the snooze button on the alarm clock, then wonder why it didn't turn off.
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:42am
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LMAO That's a good one! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:46am
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You know you are sleep deprived when you start typing out a response to a thread over in the pregnancy bit, get half way through it then wander off to the kitchen for half an hour, then come back to find a half written post.
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:50am
| or when you get up in the morning and pour juice over your weetbix then get to work to find you have youtrousers on back to front!!! That was me last week |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:53am
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Heh nzpiper, I have that problem with one of my singlets. I stare at it for ages making sure that I put it on the right way, and I always manage to mess it up!
I also know that I'm sleep deprived as I spent 10 minutes staring at a crossword clue 'kinder', not realising it meant 'nicer' and not 'kinder surprise kinder'. I even asked DP what 'kinder' meant, cause I had no idea..
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 9:02pm
I read that as kinder (suprise) too and was thinking "german for kid?" Duh!!!!! |
eomachine wrote:Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 12:01am
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You know you're sleep deprived when you have really sore muscles so run yourself a nice hot deep bath, turn off the taps, and then go off and do something else for half an hour and totally forget about your bath...
Did that tonight.. and I don't even have kids ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: bumblefoot
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 5:37am
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When I was a sleep deprived Nanny, bubs would wake for a mid-night feed, and do as someone has mentioned already, leave the cap on and wonder why bubs is still fussing! When you put the dirty nappy back in the nappy stacker on top of the clean ones, and when babys singlet and onesie are on INSIDE out! Many more, but im too sleep deprived to remember...! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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