It’s amazing what a little perspective can do. I’m thankful today for SLEEP. Uninterrupted sleep, that is. I haven’t been getting much lately.
Haylee has woken me up early two nights/mornings this week, and I thought that was bad enough.
Then last night, she wasn’t due to take her Motrin until 11 pm, so our “brilliant” plan was to put her to bed and then wake her up to take the meds at 11 o’clock. Well, that was the plan, but things didn’t go quite that way.
She woke up herself a little before 11, crying and really hot with a fever. It ended up being 103.7 degrees which is the highest it has been so far.
After taking the medicine and sitting with both of us for a bit, she headed back to bed. She kept waking up crying though unable to just relax and go to sleep. She told me at one point through her tears, “I’m trying not to cry!”
Just after Chris and I went to bed, she was crying again and I was struck with the realization sleep was probably not happening for me. I tried lying in her bed with her for a few minutes which quieted her down, but when I got up she woke up and was crying again. Her bunkbed is the loudest, creakiest bed you’ve ever heard, and I thought I did a pretty good job of exiting quietly by lifting myself off her bed hanging from the edge of the top bunk. :)
I gave her a drink of water and headed back to my warm inviting bed. But, alas, not much later, she came to our door after crying for a few minutes.
She crawled in bed with us, as I figured this was my best chance for getting some sleep. She’s so hard to sleep with because she loves to be wedged tightly against you. Every inch you scoot over, she shifts over with you. Not to mention the snoring. Chris and I compared notes this morning and neither of us slept very well because of our snoring wiggler.
Today, she’s acting completely different, and I’m beginning to wonder if she was just “working” us last night. Playing on our sympathies! :)
I know that this seems to be turning into more of a complaining post than a thankful post, but this has given me some perspective on how much I love and need sleep! Many parents of toddlers out there may go through a similar sleep struggle every night.
I am SO thankful that (knock on wood) we don’t have that problem. I’m thankful our little one normally does so well going to sleep. We don’t have to go through this drama every night! Bedtime is usually uneventful, thankfully.
She has us spoiled. That’s why nights like the last one are so hard to handle.
Ahh! Here’s an old pic of her sleeping peacefully. Let’s hope this will be achieved again one day soon.
What a precious picture! I read a cartoon somewhere, that said, “I wish I could see my babies sleeping, instead of thinking that they’re just recharging . . .”
You know, I find that a nice warm cup of camomile tea with honey can sometimes soothe them. Peter can often get inconsolable (I’m sure you know the symptoms!), and Camomile tea does just the trick. Hey, if it could work for Peter Rabbit, it works for Peter L—-!
Hope you get lots of sleep tonight, and wake feeling very refreshed.
Hey, did you watch American Idol? I’m really glad Chris apologized. I thought he did a good job of it, too. (Although I hate to admit that I think Blake has a better voice . . . .)
Hope the nights are getting better. We have those nights every once in a while… though, like you, they are not our norm (thank goodness.) When they do happen though, I just try to stay focused on the times when I’ll be wishing they needed me more. :)
-Are all 3 of us watching A. Idol?? Just curious.