I am lucky because The Kid sleeps well. We’ve only had a few nights when she had a hard time getting to sleep, or woke up multiple times during the night. She shares this trait with her father and I - we love to sleep and are not ashamed to admit it when we spend the weekend in pajamas and in the bed. We even have Netflix so we do not have to leave the house to rent movies.

Those weekends, though, may be a thing of the past. Because while my daughter is getting a good night’s sleep, I am using the time to get caught up on everything else.

My day can be divided into three distinct spheres - work world, baby world and the rest of the world. (Work time, baby time and the rest of the time.)

Juggling these three agendas isn’t easy, but it is necessary because while distinct, each has to be maintained in order to sustain my whole self. Sometimes for practical reasons, my job ensures the bills are paid, and at other times for reasons that are harder to measure (sometimes I just need to soak in the bath and update my MySpace page).

And at times, I am a failed circus act and drop some balls on all three. Right now, my e-mails and to-do lists are piling up, I relied on my husband this week to do a few more feedings and changes, and I am in desperate need of an eyebrow wax.

I have learned that on most days I can get by with four hours of sleep. While the baby slumbers, I try to find the time to stay of top of my job, my personal snail mail and if the mood strikes, shave a leg, sometimes two.

I hear, though, that she is reaching an age where she is going to wake up more during the night. I am told that as she becomes more emotionally aware she will not want to be alone in her room and have a harder time getting back to sleep. I haven’t consulted the experts on this, so more to come as I follow-up.

But if this is the case, I may end up teaching the baby girl about sorting mail and socks. Baby time and the rest of the time are hard to distinguish already. If we’re both going to be up at 3 a.m., we’re just going to have to work together to get some stuff done.