As soon as we start to think that the toddler has a sleeping routine and that she is sleeping right through, everything changes!
Most recent sleep stories:
- I sit with little Missy Toddler in her room, reading a book, and then breastfeeding her until she falls asleep.
- I try to put her in her bed.
- The legs start kicking, and she arches her back. (Swear-worthy moments!)
- In the end she ends up in our bed – for the whole night!
- I am much smarter now. I start the bedtime routine in our bed, and as soon as she is asleep, I carry her to her bed. (I think I have a 10% success rate at the moment. Sigh!)
- Hubby usually takes over at nine when I struggle to get her to sleep (from half past seven or eight at night). I miss him terribly tonight – he is not here, and I was not able to do anything else! (How do the single moms cope? I know, I ask this on a regular basis. You rock, single moms!)
- I do not have a problem with our toddler sleeping with us. But it is extremely uncomfortable hanging for dear life on the side of the bed, usually with only half or a fraction of the blankets covering us. The rest she kicks off as soon as we place it over her!
- Last night was extremely taxing. At one in the morning we were taking her temperature. Yes, she had a bit of a fever, and we had to put in a suppository. The tenth day flu/fever after the MMR injection?
- My most favourite wish at the moment – to sleep, and sleep, and SLEEEEEP!
- I know we will experience this most wonderful, precious gift of sleep somewhere in the future! Hang in there, Powerwoman!
(Photo: Mieka at the hockey game on Saturday where the teen played at her school.)
O dear. Funny how one forgets these struggles as they get older. Suddenly the time is over, they are big and you wonder where the time went? But I don't know how you do it - work, lack of sleep...eish!
ReplyDeleteAlthough by no means do I call myself a sleep success, I do know that if you byte the bullet and get her to fall asleep on her own in her own bed, she will sleep better for the rest of the night. Toddlersense has a great chapter on it.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. The sleep deprivation. I just can't cope...
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping that there is a good night's sleep in our (very near) futures!
oh yes! my sleep woes are certainly still rife, hence i've been so quiet on my blog lately, just have no lus for anything right now!
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