Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Crumpled Baby
Hehehe... I wonder what you're thinking from that title. Hehehe.
Well, let me start at the beginning. You see, there was a couple who had this little baby named Connor. He was a happy little baby and very easy to handle (remember... I'm talking about a baby Connor). He was easy to put to bed and was very regular with his naps. He slept through the night with little trouble. Then that couple had this other baby. Her name was Clara and she was pretty easy, until her mommy spoiled her. You see, her mommy let Clara sleep with her while Clara's daddy was gone. Although this let the mommy sleep a little more, it was dooming Clara to bad habits and strange dependencies. Eventually, Clara grew bigger and was bed hog and needed to sleep in her crib. She did not like this one bit and decided to scream... a lot. The mommy didn't like this and was afraid of troubling Connor and making Clara sick (yes... she screams like that). So for several months Clara continued to sleep with her mommy and daddy. The time came for the mommy to face the music and make Clara scream, so with help from Clara's daddy, the process began.
Yes, I am being silly. Clara got "put to bed" tonight for the first time in a while. It was actually a little unintentional. We've been holding her to sleep each night (another bad habit) and when Michael went to put her down, she woke up. This isn't unusual, but tonight was the night to end the cycle of bad sleep habits. So instead of holding her more or going to bed early ourselves, we let her scream. And scream she did. It took her all of 45 minutes to settle down. I'm writing this because of how I found her when I went to make sure the quiet wasn't because she had died. She likes to stand at the end of the crib to scream to make sure as much sound goes out the door as possible. She had essentially crumpled at that spot. She was sitting on her butt, but she was folded forward, "dead" asleep. Snoring, actually. It took all I had not to laugh right then. I carefully laid her down and proceeded to go downstairs to laugh and demonstrate for Michael. My poor little fighter girl. She screamed and fought to the instant she fell asleep! We'll see if I have it in me to let her scream tomorrow when Michael's at work.
Well, let me start at the beginning. You see, there was a couple who had this little baby named Connor. He was a happy little baby and very easy to handle (remember... I'm talking about a baby Connor). He was easy to put to bed and was very regular with his naps. He slept through the night with little trouble. Then that couple had this other baby. Her name was Clara and she was pretty easy, until her mommy spoiled her. You see, her mommy let Clara sleep with her while Clara's daddy was gone. Although this let the mommy sleep a little more, it was dooming Clara to bad habits and strange dependencies. Eventually, Clara grew bigger and was bed hog and needed to sleep in her crib. She did not like this one bit and decided to scream... a lot. The mommy didn't like this and was afraid of troubling Connor and making Clara sick (yes... she screams like that). So for several months Clara continued to sleep with her mommy and daddy. The time came for the mommy to face the music and make Clara scream, so with help from Clara's daddy, the process began.
Yes, I am being silly. Clara got "put to bed" tonight for the first time in a while. It was actually a little unintentional. We've been holding her to sleep each night (another bad habit) and when Michael went to put her down, she woke up. This isn't unusual, but tonight was the night to end the cycle of bad sleep habits. So instead of holding her more or going to bed early ourselves, we let her scream. And scream she did. It took her all of 45 minutes to settle down. I'm writing this because of how I found her when I went to make sure the quiet wasn't because she had died. She likes to stand at the end of the crib to scream to make sure as much sound goes out the door as possible. She had essentially crumpled at that spot. She was sitting on her butt, but she was folded forward, "dead" asleep. Snoring, actually. It took all I had not to laugh right then. I carefully laid her down and proceeded to go downstairs to laugh and demonstrate for Michael. My poor little fighter girl. She screamed and fought to the instant she fell asleep! We'll see if I have it in me to let her scream tomorrow when Michael's at work.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Pigs flew...
...and hell froze over.
Yes, this is Connor. Asleep. On the couch. It was so weird. I hadn't heard him making his usual noise in a while and I got very nervous. I frantically looked around to find him (and then intervene in whatever mischief was occurring) when I realized he was sitting right next to me. Then I realized *gasp* he was asleep! Anyone who has met and interacted with Connor realizes the miracle this is. He is in constant motion. He won't stop for anything. He has recently given up naps (*sigh*) and has taken to waking up and playing in his room in the early hours of the morning (he told me one morning he played until "the sun woke up"). An even greater miracle is that this happened the day before as well, only he was sitting and resting his head on Michael and getting his back rubbed. Ah... a new stage to love. ~:-)
PS - This is post #100! If you read me, let me know you're there!
Yes, this is Connor. Asleep. On the couch. It was so weird. I hadn't heard him making his usual noise in a while and I got very nervous. I frantically looked around to find him (and then intervene in whatever mischief was occurring) when I realized he was sitting right next to me. Then I realized *gasp* he was asleep! Anyone who has met and interacted with Connor realizes the miracle this is. He is in constant motion. He won't stop for anything. He has recently given up naps (*sigh*) and has taken to waking up and playing in his room in the early hours of the morning (he told me one morning he played until "the sun woke up"). An even greater miracle is that this happened the day before as well, only he was sitting and resting his head on Michael and getting his back rubbed. Ah... a new stage to love. ~:-)
PS - This is post #100! If you read me, let me know you're there!
Friday, December 08, 2006
They sleep!
Wow! 7:30am and both the kids are still asleep. This doesn't happen... especially with Connor lately. I have a feeling he played himself out last night. I ended up putting an anti-kid doorknob thing on his side of the door and shutting it so he can't get out during the night. I must tell you, I slept so much better last night! I also got a shower this morning without waking up before the sun. Yay! Anyway, when I went to let him out a while ago (he's normally up well before this time) I found him snoring away in his bed with the lights on. Who knows how much he actually slept last night... I guess we'll find out based on how cranky and obstinate he is today. Fortunately, Momma is well rested (compared to normal), so perhaps it won't be as trying a day as yesterday. ~:-)
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