Sleep

Here I am blogging yet another blog about sleep. It does not come easily around this house. I never heard of so many sleep problems until I had kids. No one tells you that you could get the boobie prize when it comes to your kids sleeping.

Anyway, I am here to tell you all about Noah's sleeping as of late, or lack there of. Last Tuesday, when I went to put him down for his nap, he started to cry. He always goes right down in his crib after we read 2 books (1 for Ava and 1 for Noah), but not this day. I let him cry to see if he would settle and just go down. Not such luck. So I finally went in and patted his back until he fell asleep and then he only slept 35 mins. He went down to bed fine that night, but was up at the crack of dawn the next morning. The next day nap time was same as before, but this time, I just let him cry and kept going back in to tell him to go to sleep. I don't want him dependent on me being there, but he wouldn't stop crying. So I finally gave up and got him up. No nap! He went down fine that night. Then came Thursday. Same as before for nap and ended up with no nap, but come bedtime, it was the same as nap time. Cry city. He finally passed out after 20 minutes, but woke up 2 times that night in which I had to sit by his bed until he fell asleep. It has been like this ever since. Going to bed is hit or miss depending on how tired he is. He always wakes up between 11:45 and 12:30 and is up at the crack of dawn. We had 4:30 am this morning. Luckily this morning, he talked for a bit and I think fell back asleep for 10-15 minutes and finally started calling for us again around 5:30 am.  He will cry for us to "pet" him (which is him wanting me to pat his back until he falls asleep) or to "sit" (which is for me to sit at the head of his crib. Yesterday, I moved over to the chair in his room). The thing is, as soon as I think he has fallen asleep, I go to close the door as quiet as humanly possible, he some how hears one of the smallest creeks and wakes up.

Not sure what this is all about, but I have decided that it is either separation anxiety, teeth (he has to be getting his 2 year molars because he chews on his fingers and drools all day) or growing pains.  I am trying to tell myself that this is just a phase and this too shall pass, but it is stressful. It is not fun to hear your kid cry and it is also not fun waking up again in the middle of the night. I feel like as soon as one kid gets their sleeping together the other one starts having issues. So it is always someone. I guess that is better than both at once, but geez! Can't this mama get a break. So until Noah can get his sleeping back to normal and then Ava will probably start up again, I must repeat: This too will pass, this too will pass, this too will pass!!!