Despite what the title of this post suggests, no one is really having nightmares around here. More accurately, nighttime itself has become the nightmare. It starts out quite innocently, with all three little cherub-cheeked boys going quietly to their beds, usually without much of a fight, sometimes with only an extra call for a drink of water or milk. The baby happily nurses to sleep in bed as I browse the internet or watch a trashy reality TV show on the computer. The house is quiet. For about two hours.
Then, the nightmare begins. Oliver wakes up screaming. Emil wakes up fussing. Every two hours. Andrew usually tends to Oliver and I to the baby, but it seems that both of us are separately up all night. And if it’s a good night, Emil and Oliver stagger their waking protests so that we are all awake about once an hour. All night long. When Oliver cries, everyone in the house wakes up except Milo. So. Whatever may be going on with this guy, it is a nightmare. Oh, sleep. How we miss you. Let’s be friends again.
Any parents out there have any insight into this? Spankings don’t seem to work. (JUST KIDDING!!!)
Ugh. I’m sorry…it seems you haven’t actually slept through a night for about 5 years, (not that you don’t always look fresh as a daisy!) While I’m still working on some pearls of insight for you, I’ll leave you with this thought: at least you’re not doing it alone.
Thank goodness for daddies.
I have to say, things are not too bad here. I do get some sleep and for that I am grateful. I do wish for a bigger bed though. There are too many boys in my bed! I’m sure you can empathises!
happiness… (and sweet dreams!)
dannelle@nestenterprises
Sleep seems to be the first topic that comes up whenever I’m hanging out with other moms and what I’ve learned for myself is that it just seems to move in cycles; just when I think I’ve got the sleep thing down my kid decides to be a horrible sleeper and when I think I’m about to lose my mind and get ready to try some serious sleep strategy he suddenly goes back to angel sleeper. Two questionable sleepers makes riding it out more of a challenge though! I feel for you.
we’ve been suffering through a similar routine lately, and man, how it wears on you the morning after.
I have no sound advice, only empathy. And big thanks for your support over my side of blogland.
Cheers to a couple quiet hours of late night reality t.v?
J
Spankings. Spankings work very well.
A passing phase? *crosses fingers*