Ross turned two this week and he is STILL a terrible sleeper. I'm sure many of you will remember my complaints of his constant night waking, which peaked between 10 and 12 months, or as I prefer to call them, the "zombie months", as I was essentially a zombie 100% of the time due to the frequent night wakings.
He now will sleep longer stretches at night fine, though he routinely (maybe 3 nights a week), will wake up repeatedly with, what I believe to be, nightmares. When he wakes like this he is loud, belligerent and mad. He'll swing his head, scream, thrash his body around...all while still asleep. IF I can wake him up, he'll let me calm him. Often, though, he won't wake up and will continue with this nonsense for a long time.
His latest antics, though, are a nightly battle to get him to sleep. We've had nights in the past month where it has taken up to 1 1/2 hours to get him to sleep. Rarely is he down in less than a half an hour. I've tried various techniques. Sometimes I'll have success, but after a week or two he is back to his old tricks. I'm starting to wonder if he will EVER sleep well at night.
All this is to say that I am tired. Just really really tired -- both physically and emotionally. I dread bedtime. DREAD it, I tell you. And I'm loosing my patience, something I have precious little of as it is. Will I ever feel rested again?
The days are long, but the years are short, right? He is just lucky he is cute.
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argh about the sleeping! Ella has just started fighting going to bed this week...I can barely handle the 5 minute fight she puts up...I can't imagine dealing with it for any longer! As for the nightmares...someone I know has a child that has night terrors and while he doesn't sound as violent as Ross she says he is hard to wake and they've found it is better if he doesn't wake up. She picks him up (which might be hard for you) and "shhh" in his ear and whispers "you are ok, you are asleep" and lays him back down and he usually settles down. Not saying it will work with Ross, but maybe a quiet comment getting into his head would be enough to break the nightmare and he can calm down faster. I'm sure you've tried it all - just felt compelled to share. :)
ReplyDeleteJess shared your blog and it is nice to follow what's going on with you! I don't know how you can keep up with it all! :)
Marcie