I like sleep. Like, a lot. I really, REALLY like sleep. I LOVE reading in bed while cuddling Jeff and then curling over and falling into a nice deep slumber. Ahhhh, pure heaven. I DO NOT like to wake up in the middle of the night. I really, REALLY DO NOT like to wake up in the middle of the night. I have sleep/anxiety issues so if I wake up I am awake for an hour. My mind just won’t shut down and I make up noises that I thought I heard and stories of people breaking in or I think I hear one of the kids or I think about work, or, or or. We have been VERY lucky in the sleep department. With a lot of hard work our kids are great sleepers and have been for quite some time. Maybe that is why I am finding this new phase of crazy sleep so unbearable (I’m sure the daily migraines are not helping here).
Enter Peepee in the potty and it opened up a whole slew of waking for Heaten. We try to do our last milk at 7:30 which means Heaten is going pee at 8, 8:15, 8:30 and sometimes even 9. This little boy really likes to pee apparently. He then wakes at least 1x a night, usually between 2-5am yelling PEEPEE IN THE BIG POTTY. It is AWESOME that he is already night trained, but sucks that I have to get up. The other night, I kid you not, he woke at 5am and went pee. Yelled again at 5:15 and went pee. Yelled again at 5:45 and went pee, and then yelled out at 6:15 for me to blow on his eye. I was NOT a happy sleeper. Especially since the night before I sat on Shenzie’s floor for 45 minutes for her to fall back asleep after a bad dream and then lay awake in bed for another hour and a half.
To add even more crazy Shenzie is now skipping every other day of naps. This is NOT a good thing. Naps are the only time I have to work and since I am booked solid for work and then took an additional 3 sessions this week (what was I thinking, somebody kill me now) I really need this time to work. I’ve been looking into preschools, but holy moly they are like $600 a month! That is insane! And that is only for 2 half days. Craziness I tell you, crazy!
My little mischievous boy.
September 14th, 2009 at 6:35 am
One of my real life twin mom friends converted her boys to toddler beds and put a potty in their bedrooms bc of the night wakeups (she has hardwood floors). Not sure if that is an option for you or something you even want to consider.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Love that picture of Heaten. Adorable. Sorry you’re sleep is a mess, I would go crazy. I totally understand.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I was thinking the same as Laura but didn’t know if that was something you just don’t do. But since she mentioned it I think it’s a great idea and if you have carpet in the room you could buy those square dog pee pads to put under the potty or maybe just a plastic table cloth. But that would require him being in a toddler bed which I DON’T recommend
Migraine’s every day? That doesn’t sound good. Have you looked into it?
We’ve been having crazy sleep issues too which include gut wrenching crying at nap and bedtime and Maddie NOT staying in her crib. I’m working on a post about it and our very brief encounter with toddler beds.
Glad business is going so well. Are you able to hire a mother’s helper sort of person for a few hours a day? I definitely find it hard to get things done on the computer with them during the day. I do what I can and it seems to be enough for now but some weeks I could really use 8 hours of uninterupted time.