12:30am I get in bed late. Just one of those evenings....
1:00am I'm trying to settle into sleep with the baby doing somersaults in my tummy and Benj starts whining. I investigate and find out he's mostly still asleep and having a bad dream. I wake him up enough to interrupt the dream and assure him it's ok. He is nodding back to sleep as I leave. I think all is well.
2:15am Seth comes to bed. I haven't fallen asleep yet as Benj has continued to whimper, whine and cry out.
3:00am Benj comes out & has to go potty. (Bless Seth for taking him.) After this I am finally able to fall asleep until...
4:45am Benj comes out & wants a tissue. I sigh, go get him one, tuck him back into bed, return to my own bed and fall asleep again until...
5:45am Benj starts crying loudly. I go in, hug him, and tell him to lay down. The minute he does he starts coughing and in my thoroughly groggy state I think he's going to get sick. My reaction startles him and he starts crying again. I take him out into our room, but not before he wakes up Talia. Seth and I question him, "does something hurt?" "Yes" (but he can't tell us what.) Finally he says he is crying because he wants a hug and his knee hurts. {grit teeth} We send him back to bed with promises of discipline should he wake us up again.
6:00am Talia is singing in her bed. I go in to tell her to go back to sleep. Benj is sleeping.
6:15am Talia is talking and banging in her bed. I go in to tell her to lay down, be quiet, and go back to sleep. Benj is still sleeping.
6:50am Talia is screeching and laughing in her bed. She is disciplined and cries long and loud in protest. Benj remains asleep.
7:15am Talia is crying because she has taken off her jammies and can't get them back on. I decide, "Never mind, who needs sleep anyway?" and take her back to the living room where she boisterously zooms her pink LittlePeople minivan up and down the coffee table while I curl up on a chair holding my pounding head.
Ah, the joys of motherhood.... Being up all night is not one of them. :)
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Oh, goodness. I had a night like that a couple of months ago. *sigh* Our boys went through the same thing when they started having growing pains. Hurting knees, sleeplessness. I think the physical changes (achy knees) are accompanied by hormonal changes as well--the kind that keep them up at night. Poor little Benj. Growing is hard! And it hurts sometimes! We found Tylenol to be immensely helpful at those times.
Oh that doesn't sound good at all. Don't you wish you could sleep through all the ruckuss like Benj! :)
so sorry :(
praying for rest and no headache!
We've been having those nights lately since someone learned to crawl out of the crib, grrr.
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