When Caroline was still a teeny little baby, she slept in a PNP beside our bed. She started crying one night, and I nudged my DH and told him to get her so I could nurse her. He rolled over and gathered up some of the covers and said "here". I said "honey, that's not the baby, that is the blanket".
He got pissed, looked me right in the eye and said "Dana, don't be ridiculous, I think I know my own child". He was so exhausted, but it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
I laughed till I peed.
I'm not sure what has me thinking about that tonight...but everytime i think about it I laugh ;-)
Re: Thinking about sleep deprivation...a funny...
Clomid M/C 8 weeks 2/08 *IVF #1-DD born 3/09
*Surprise BFP-T18 baby lost at 13w 1/10 *FET #1-DS born 2/11
So funny! Several times in the early weeks with our boys, I woke up to find my husband patting and hugging his pillow. When I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was taking care of Asher! Another time my husband woke up, pulled up the covers to look under them, and told me he was looking for our babies.
I should note here that we never had the babies sleep in bed with us, only in their cribs or car seats in another room.