We had a breakthrough today. For the first time, Sophie woke up from her nap and instead of screaming and pounding on her door until someone came to rescue her, she did one "hey I'm up" pound and then quietly played with her toys. How awesome is that?
There are plenty of toys, books and other distractions for her in her room, so no shortage of things to keep her occupied. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this carries over into the mornings, mmkay. Because this mommy isn't loving getting up at 4:45am. Not loving it at all.
Update: We were awakened at the stroke of 4:50 by our child's wails. Not at her door, however. (GOOD) We laid in bed for a minute hoping she would go back to sleep, but no. (BAD) Neil says, we better go in there, it worries me that she's not at the door. How crazy is that? We long for her to stop banging on the mothertruckin' door and when she does, we worry something is wrong. Of course, she was fine. However, despite a little drinkypoo and some cuddling, she would not go back to sleep.
I made the decision to bring her into our bed. (Will I regret this one day?) On many other occasions, we have tried to lay down with her, but she would never settle down. I wasn't optimistic that today would be any different. It was. She curled up next to me and fell right asleep. Of course, it was the fitful, restless sleep of a toddler, so while she probably got the best sleep of her life, I was awakened every 10 minutes by a shifting, rolling, kicking 19 month old. The upside is that I did get another hour of sleep. Was it good sleep? Oh hecks no. But I'll take whatever I can get.
Monday, May 18, 2009
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4:45?
ReplyDeleteSeriously like every day? How cruel.
ReplyDelete:)
how about 2 and then 4:30 or so LOL
ReplyDeleteOh, that's great! I remember when that happened when my kids were little (although I have to say, kid #2 was way better at it than kid #1!) The funny thing was, even when they did figure out that they could play with their toys for a little while? I couldn't sleep knowing they were in their rooms by themselves--I felt guilty! So I'd end up going to get them anyway! Although, I guess I was "lucky" b/c my days would usually start at 6am--not 4:45am!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a good feeling. I hope she keeps it up for you. I saw your pics on FB. She really is a beautiful little girl!
ReplyDeleteYeah, waking up that early is the worst thing ever... and it never ever gets easy! I am just not a morning person, but my children are! Oh well... we suffer... ;)
ReplyDeletemy fingers and toes are crossed you for.
ReplyDeletethe good news, hayden used to do this all the time but we did the samething and he would just play.
I am glad you got her to fall back to sleep! Even fitful sleep is better than none at all, right?
ReplyDeleteThat's a start! She might catch on to this playing in her room a while thing! You have one of those visual moniters don't you? I think you said something about it in a previous post. That would make me so nervous not being able to see her with her door closed. We have installed a swinging baby gate in Summer's door for our lame attempt at the big girl bed, becuase I didn't know what to do. I think that will work out good cause she can see out and we can see in...she just can't GET out:)
ReplyDeleteYou're getting there! Little by little, but it's improvement. Keep it up. It's going to keep getting better, I promise.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteAh crud! My toddler woke up at 6:00 today which is earlier than his usual 7:45. Whenever I pull him into bed with me, he NEVER falls back asleep. This morning, I went to his bed and he fell back asleep until 9!!!
Ok, I'm really not bragging because his small, squeaky twin bed leaves a lot to be desired!!
Yup, you'll regret it. lol. But if it helps you keep your sanity....
ReplyDeleteGosh, I don't miss them days! :)
my niece slept with my sis until age 5....
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. I know this all too well. My daughter is almost 4. She still manages to sneak into our beds to wedge her feet into my ribs.
ReplyDeleteWe often make the decision to bring Bub into our bed, especially if he wakes up earlier than usual. We just prefer the extra (though lesser quality) sleep to trying to negotiate him back into his own bed or, worse than that, having him up for the day.
ReplyDeleteI take what I can get when it comes to sleep, even if it's "bad" sleep. The other morning Maia laid between us, arms stretched fully out to either side so that she had one cold hand against each of us, and slept/twitched foor an hour. Daddy got up after 20m, I stayed there.. it was good enough sleep for me!
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