Kerri asked on her other blog today (Six Until Me) if sleep deprivation affects diabetes care. I can give an answer to that: It's a resounding yes.

I am constantly tired. Not only do I have a 19 year-old son and Olivia (and no one told me that 13 was going to be so exhausting), I have two little girls. The youngest, who is 17 months old, is still waking up 4, 5, sometimes 6 times a night and she wants to nurse every. single. time. Even if I go to bed at 11, I'm still not getting a full night's sleep. Heck, I could go to bed at 8 and still not get a full night's sleep. It's maddening.
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Monday morning, 10:15 am: Pick up phone. Dial numbers. Make idle chit-chat with wife before getting to real reason for phone call - what's Charlie's blood sugar?

Tuesday morning, 10:15 am: Pick up phone. Dial numbers. Make idle chit-chat with wife before getting to real reason for phone call - what's Charlie's blood sugar?

Wednesday morning, 10:15 am: Pick up phone. Dial numbers. Make idle chit-chat with wife before getting to real reason for phone call - what's Charlie's blood sugar?

Though tempted to boost my word count even further, I'll stop at Wednesday, knowing that you get the point.

Respond to wife with the following assortment of interchangeable exclamatory interjections:

"Damn!"

"Crap!"

"Great!" (not the good kind, the sarcastic kind)

"Super!" (again, sarcastic)

"Thank God!"

It has gotten just a bit monotonous.

And not just on my end.

10:15 am

Me: Hey

Susanne: Hey

Me: What's up? (READ MORE)

I am proud to say that I still have every log sheet I've ever written, most of which are pretty comprehensive. If it will offer some perspective, I had a perinatologist once (not my own, but someone I was talking to in another capacity) tell me he thought my logging practices were a little overkill.

You can tell, though, when my efforts start to fade. Of the 10 sheets in my purse, some days are filled out completely, some just have what I ate for breakfast and my fasting sugar. Most, however, are blank.

I actually enjoy logging. It might sound cliché, but logging helps me see patterns, keep track of what I'm eating and know what my blood sugar was in certain situations. But, often, as quickly as I decide to start logging (again), the practice is abandoned. (READ MORE)