My partner and I have barely been sleeping these past few weeks.

It happens late at night and after we drift off into unconsciousness, a loud scream echoes

from down the hallway.

We awake, both of us gruggly decide on whose turn it is to get up and take care of our

baby.

Every night our baby girl would cry a little heart out to us, sometimes it will be a couple

of times and other moments it seems like she'd never sleep again.

One night it was my turn to take care of her.

I checked my phone to see that it was just before 1am.

My eyes felt puffy, my back was aching and my head throbbed as I entered the nursery.

I lifted her up from the crib, my light shushes were easily drowned out by her cries.

I cradled her and lightly bounced her.

My knees and shoulders began to burn after a few long minutes.

I set the down for a moment to prepare a bottle of formula for her, but she began to cry

even harder.

I could hear my partner from the other room asking me if things were ok.

I showed them that things were just fine as I made a mess of the water and formula powder.

I rushed back to the nursery and of course she wouldn't take the bottle.

You sure you're ok, my partner called out to me, I'm fine, I started to respond until

I dropped the bottle onto my foot.

I held back a groan and I composed myself, well fine just fine.

I tried to help out with a baby as much as I can, but I work as my partner takes the

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