After a night feed, I popped DD back in her cot (currently in the spare room, where DH is also currently sleeping, as he isn't woken by the noises she makes whilst asleep, but we can get to her sooner than if we were both in a different room), noticed it was 6.15 and turned my alarm clock off, it was set for 7, but the only necessary morning task was getting DS to school, which I knew DH was doing.
DH and a crying DD appear in our room at 7.12, not a good point in a sleep cycle to be woken up! I feed her and take her downstairs to DH and he wears here whilst getting breakfast for the other kids.
I didn't feel like I slept, but in reality I must have been an annoying half asleep half awake place as it was 9.55 when I "woke" up and realised DD was screaming. DH and DS have to leave at 8.25. I doubt she'd been screaming the whole time, but she was definitely screaming in a way that suggested she hadn't just started doing it.
Initially I was cross with DH, thinking he hadn't attempted to wake me, or tell me she was asleep in her cot, or anything, so I called him, turned out he'd been into our room twice to tell me what was going on, I'd responded and he'd assumed I was awake.
I feel so bad, even though DD calmed down the second I picked her up, one bit of unresponded crying probably isn't going to harm her in the long term. I'm frustrated because it happened, and because it meant I didn't make it to LLL this morning, I could have thrown clothes on and gone and only been half an hour late, but I was all shaken up and by the time I was ready it really wasn't worth the half hour drive.
We've been married 7.5yrs and we haven't had an incident like this, though I've related to DH that it happened for years growing up, my dad would think he'd woken me because I'd spoken to him and my parents really thought I was just being lazy when I didn't get up and never even asked directly if I remembered talking to my dad!
Thankfully DH was in a good mood and was apologetic rather than defensive, when he hadn't even done anything wrong! Rationally I should just move on, but I still feel bad :-(
DH and a crying DD appear in our room at 7.12, not a good point in a sleep cycle to be woken up! I feed her and take her downstairs to DH and he wears here whilst getting breakfast for the other kids.
I didn't feel like I slept, but in reality I must have been an annoying half asleep half awake place as it was 9.55 when I "woke" up and realised DD was screaming. DH and DS have to leave at 8.25. I doubt she'd been screaming the whole time, but she was definitely screaming in a way that suggested she hadn't just started doing it.
Initially I was cross with DH, thinking he hadn't attempted to wake me, or tell me she was asleep in her cot, or anything, so I called him, turned out he'd been into our room twice to tell me what was going on, I'd responded and he'd assumed I was awake.
I feel so bad, even though DD calmed down the second I picked her up, one bit of unresponded crying probably isn't going to harm her in the long term. I'm frustrated because it happened, and because it meant I didn't make it to LLL this morning, I could have thrown clothes on and gone and only been half an hour late, but I was all shaken up and by the time I was ready it really wasn't worth the half hour drive.
We've been married 7.5yrs and we haven't had an incident like this, though I've related to DH that it happened for years growing up, my dad would think he'd woken me because I'd spoken to him and my parents really thought I was just being lazy when I didn't get up and never even asked directly if I remembered talking to my dad!
Thankfully DH was in a good mood and was apologetic rather than defensive, when he hadn't even done anything wrong! Rationally I should just move on, but I still feel bad :-(
