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August 21, 1998 - August 23, 1998

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but bring comfort by their very exis-
ver since I became a parent I
tence.
found that my sleeping patterns
When I wake in the middle of the
are, to say the least, unusual.
night invariably I go in to check on
First came my Adina, who as an
my children yet another time. It's like-
infant woke often at night to nurse.
ly they'll need their covers put back
Just about the time she was learning
on,
and again I can see they're
to sleep more than two successive
safe.
hours I was pregnant again, which
I start with my oldest, Adina. She's
left me an insomniac. Then Yitzhak
never without her beloved Bear, a
was born, which meant I went back
cozy
fellow with hands in his pock-
to the sleep-two-hours-nurse-sleep-two-
ets. Much of his fur has been rubbed
hours-nurse schedule. But unlike his
off, because of love. I sit down
sister, Yitzhak never evolved into a
beside Adina on her little bed and
good sleeper. To this day he crawls
stroke
her hair.
every night into the bed my husband
Then I'll go to Yitz, sleeping, as he
and I would like to occupy. He goes
often
does, with his cheek on his two
right to the middle and makes him-
hands. And I'll
self comfortable.
be astonished to
And of course
see
my dear
Talya is there,
boy, so full of
too. She wakes
energy
through-
up at least three
out the day,
or four times to
c)
now quiet.
nurse.
Last I look in on
Sometimes I
Talya,
my small-
manage to go
est. She is still a
quickly back to
Yitzhak
in
Dreamland
baby, what my
sleep. But often
husband Phillip
I'll wake for an
-
of
sweetness."
calls
"a
little
bundle
hour or two.
Her breath is fresh, her mouth a tiny
I've heard this problem actually
pink rosebud. I sit beside her, and P
increases with the passing of time.
could stare for hours. I kiss her lips
"You think you don't sleep now," my
and whisper, "Mommy loves you,
friends Carla and Gail tell me, trad-
forever and ever."
ing a knowing wink between them-
Then at last I go to sleep myself,
selves. "Wait until your children start
for a few hours until dawn, knowing
to drive."
my children are all safe under their
My children are now 5-almost-6, 4
myriad of quilts, in their rooms piled
yedrs, and 9 months. They are so
high with books and Barbies and 0
tiny and fragile in their sleep.
leftover goodie bags from birthday
I check on them several times each
parties, in a house filled with love, in
night, first after they have fallen
a community where they are happy,
asleep. I turn off the tape of lullabies,
in a world where they have grand-
which plays over and over songs
parents and aunts and uncles who
about moons and going to the fair
think
they are perfect, underneath
and shining seas. Then I'll turn off the
shining stars that light up the dark
light on their little blue lamp, leaving
,7)
blanket of sky, all under God's
the room dark but for the quiet-pink
watchful eye.
night light in the shape of a
carousel.
Elizabeth Applebaum
Before I go to bed myself I return.
I'll lean close to feel their breath,
watch their chests pulse up and
down like waves that go nowhere,
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