Being an adoptive Mum is...

...looking back on your Facebook statuses and seeing that they mostly talk about lack of sleep!

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...upon telling oldest one we were going to stay over at my parents, he said he thought he was going to have to stay there and move away from us.  It wasn't until we said 'sleep-over' that he seemed to understand.  Poor thing  :(  How long will it be before he understands the word 'forever'?

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...hoping that your middlie and littlie still needs to nap for many more months to come as that one hour to yourself is more precious than money, jewellery, fast cars, fast men lol

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...waking up in the night on the half hour every hour and straining your ears for the slightest noise.  Which is a bit silly really because if they want something they sure as heck make enough noise to wake up the neighbourhood!

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...when all the kids sleep all the way through the night on one of those very rare occasions and the pair of you are up all night with coughs and colds - doh!

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...finding out just how debilitating sleep deprivation is and understanding why it is used as a form of torture.

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...all about going to bed at 6.30 when the kids do and still only getting 2 hours sleep!