My Super Milk Tank

What a night I had!

Although the Little Man is 27 months, he STILL demands for his nightly milk feed at different hours of the night! Feeling rather exasperated, Mr T suggested that we increase his last feed at night by 30 ml in the hope that, that added extra will satisfy him for much longer through the night. With that extra 30 ml last night, my fingers and toes were all crossed for long awaited undisturbed night of peaceful sleep.

I was deep in sleep when the King rang his bell demanding for his bottle of milk. Somehow convinced that that it must have been dawn already, I stumbled into the dark to prepare His Majesty's bottle of milk. I peered into the clock and was dumb-founded when the numbers 02:15 stared clearly back at me! ARGHHHH... He had just had his bottle of milk 4 hours ago! I dutifully gave His Majesty his sleep-inducing drug and went back to light slumber whilst waiting for His Majesty to empy the bottle.

I snuggled back into deep slumber next to my equally exasperated husband. In what seemed like a short while later, the King abruptly sounded his bell again..."Mummy, make milk!".  His zombie-like loyal slave grudgingly stumbled back into the dark to prepare His Majesty's bottle of milk AGAIN. And once AGAIN, the zombie eyes peered deep into the clock and was near collapse when the numbers 05:25 stared clearly back at it! I then forced His Majesty to take a pee before giving him his drugs, lest he is going to jolt his loyal slave from her sleep for a toilet break as soon as she gets back into dreamland.

Unbelievable! Our milk tank had swallowed 460ml of milk in a span of less than 7.5 hours!

Come night time, the King is like a newborn demanding for milk every few hours and it is leaving me with disastrous results as I woke up this morning at 07:00 with swollen eyes that are half its usual size, making me look as if I had been crying in the night!

I'm sure Mr T is going to suggest increasing the King's last feed by a further 30ml tonight....let's see what antics the King will have up His Majesty's sleeve then!

~ Jottings from the Heart
by an exasperated Mother of Four who is still trying to keep up with her quasi-newborn's night-time demands!