Rhuaraidh and I were laughing at our past lives the other night.

Before having babies, I used to be so annoyed when I was woken up by the slightest thing. To be fair, Rhuaraidh can confirm that I’m still sometimes annoyed about being woken up…I just try hard not to show it when I’m woken up by one of the kids. Some nights, more successfully than others! We’ve had our fair share of sleep deprivation in the last few years so looking back, we both find it hilarious what I used to moan about when I was getting over 8 hours of solid sleep a night.

I used to be annoyed at waking up twice in the night even when I was just able to roll over and fall back asleep again.

I used to be annoyed at Rhuaraidh getting up for the loo and switching on the light in our en-suite in the flat.

I used be annoyed at the light coming in round the edge of the blind so I blue tacked it to the wall.

I used to be annoyed at the birds cheeping in the morning so I wore earplugs to block out the noise.

I used to struggle to get up at 6am even when I’d been asleep all night.

I used to be annoyed at Rhuaraidh rolling over too heavily and making the mattress bounce.

Now most nights we have one or two wake ups…but unlike in the past, we’re woken up by children with bad dreams, children hearing the creaking floorboards as we creep up to bed or children who are too hot or cold!

How times change!