Friday, September 29, 2006

Now if he'd only STAY asleep

Prior to putting S1 on Melatonin, he would fall asleep at 10:30 pm but wake up and get into our bed sometime between 2 and 4 am. But he would fall right back asleep. Well, now he does the same thing, but half the time he won't fall asleep and thinks it's time to babble and get up and down. So, even though I am enjoying my evenings, the pre-dawn hours are starting to take a toll. I think part of what wakes him up are the movements and sometimes fussing of S3 in the crib. Or sometimes he gets too cold because he's knocked off his blankets. No matter what the cause, it is hard to sleep with him in our bed because even when he sleeps, he rams his head into yours or shoves his feet into your back. Unfortunately right now we are not in the position to give him his own room. Once my sister moves out we should be able to do that. Hopefully then he'll sleep through the night because it will be quieter and even if he doesn't, we'll be able to make it a safe place where he can be "locked" in and be up and play while the rest of us sleep in our beds. We'll see how things go because it might just get to the point before we can give him his own room that I can't deal with it and the doctor will have to give me something to help him stay asleep.

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