Sleep Deprivation.
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OKay this is going to be a full on mommy rant because I honestly need to get it out of my system before I explode.
My son Gabriel has NEVER been a good sleeper. From day 1 he hated to sleep. Luckily Caitlynn is a good sleeper but that is another post...
Well ever since the kids got Rotavirus, Shawn took pity on Gabe and let him sleep in our room. I warned him it was a baaaaaaaad idea. Granted it did make it easier to deal with the diahreah before it exploded all over the sheets, Gugs, floor. Believe me cleaning THAT up at 2am sucks as well. And during that period of a week when he was sick, he mastered the poop on the potty thing. Which is a good thing... however, we STILL cannot get him out of our bedroom.
"Oh just let him cry it out in his room" you say... um yeah... if anyone heard my moans back when Gabe was an infant you'd know that he can seriously cry for 4+ hours straight, projectile vomitting all the way. And that right now just get Caitlynn all riled up and then SHE can't sleep either... I told Shawn this was his monster and he had to deal with it... but obviously, he would rather bitch about getting no sleep then helping me retrain Gabe how to sleep in his room.
"It's a phase, he'll grow out of it" you say... he has NEVER wanted to sleep, either alone or with someone.
"You're just exaggerating" says the pediatrician. Yes, I am exaggerating that my son sleeps approximately 5 hours a night, no naps, and very little 'down' time during the day. I am being completely honest. We follow the same bedtime routine every. single. night. The kids pretty much say they are ready for it and we have offered Gabe the option to stay up, he wants to go upstairs. Thats when the REAL problems begin. 7pm Gabe says 'Night Night' and curls up on the dog bed on the floor in our bedroom. (don't get me started about THAT one) I hear giggling and laughing coming from the bedroom. Okay thats fine, he is playing with his toys and Ben. Then I hear the thuds, bangs and occasionally barks. Go in there and try to discipline him. Often I go in there to see an entire box of tissues shredded, or a book destroyed, or last night, he slept in a big pile of his pullups. He falls asleep around 11pm and then 5am he is back up full force, after his 2-3am brief period of wakefullness.
This past week has been so bad, his eyes are completely sunken in and bloodshot, he can't run in a straight line from being tired and STILL he fights it. Even when I try to go to bed with him I can't. He will just constantly babble right in my ear, thrash around and then keep going. Seriously, when I am feeling ill I cannot even go to sleep early because he will sit there and keep me awake. I am literally at wit's end.
Maybe I should consider seeing if Ama and Gaggee will take Caitlynn for a couple nights and days next week while we once again deal with 4+ hours of nonstop tantrums from Gabe at bedtime. Or maybe I should just give in and put a TV in his bedroom so he can fall asleep to that... because sad to say it, when the TV worked in the master bedroom it wasn't this bad. Turn on PBS Sprout and while he didnt always fall asleep quickly, at least he wasn't destructive.
::beats head into the desk:: As I write this, I am one solid mass of pain. I was pretty much on my feet all day running Gabe into the ground to hopefully exhaust him enough that he'd sleep tonight. You see, we are supposed to be going to a Memorial Day party on Sunday... and while I REALLY want to go, if Gabe is acting like he is right now... it would be an embarressment to take him anywhere.
::crosses fingers that this gets better soon:: I think I am gunna go crank up my music really loud so I cannot hear Gabe, he knows to just go to the potty if he has to go (although he apparently would much rather have us bring him just in case he needs the BigE potty to poo) or at least tell us.
My son Gabriel has NEVER been a good sleeper. From day 1 he hated to sleep. Luckily Caitlynn is a good sleeper but that is another post...
Well ever since the kids got Rotavirus, Shawn took pity on Gabe and let him sleep in our room. I warned him it was a baaaaaaaad idea. Granted it did make it easier to deal with the diahreah before it exploded all over the sheets, Gugs, floor. Believe me cleaning THAT up at 2am sucks as well. And during that period of a week when he was sick, he mastered the poop on the potty thing. Which is a good thing... however, we STILL cannot get him out of our bedroom.
"Oh just let him cry it out in his room" you say... um yeah... if anyone heard my moans back when Gabe was an infant you'd know that he can seriously cry for 4+ hours straight, projectile vomitting all the way. And that right now just get Caitlynn all riled up and then SHE can't sleep either... I told Shawn this was his monster and he had to deal with it... but obviously, he would rather bitch about getting no sleep then helping me retrain Gabe how to sleep in his room.
"It's a phase, he'll grow out of it" you say... he has NEVER wanted to sleep, either alone or with someone.
"You're just exaggerating" says the pediatrician. Yes, I am exaggerating that my son sleeps approximately 5 hours a night, no naps, and very little 'down' time during the day. I am being completely honest. We follow the same bedtime routine every. single. night. The kids pretty much say they are ready for it and we have offered Gabe the option to stay up, he wants to go upstairs. Thats when the REAL problems begin. 7pm Gabe says 'Night Night' and curls up on the dog bed on the floor in our bedroom. (don't get me started about THAT one) I hear giggling and laughing coming from the bedroom. Okay thats fine, he is playing with his toys and Ben. Then I hear the thuds, bangs and occasionally barks. Go in there and try to discipline him. Often I go in there to see an entire box of tissues shredded, or a book destroyed, or last night, he slept in a big pile of his pullups. He falls asleep around 11pm and then 5am he is back up full force, after his 2-3am brief period of wakefullness.
This past week has been so bad, his eyes are completely sunken in and bloodshot, he can't run in a straight line from being tired and STILL he fights it. Even when I try to go to bed with him I can't. He will just constantly babble right in my ear, thrash around and then keep going. Seriously, when I am feeling ill I cannot even go to sleep early because he will sit there and keep me awake. I am literally at wit's end.
Maybe I should consider seeing if Ama and Gaggee will take Caitlynn for a couple nights and days next week while we once again deal with 4+ hours of nonstop tantrums from Gabe at bedtime. Or maybe I should just give in and put a TV in his bedroom so he can fall asleep to that... because sad to say it, when the TV worked in the master bedroom it wasn't this bad. Turn on PBS Sprout and while he didnt always fall asleep quickly, at least he wasn't destructive.
::beats head into the desk:: As I write this, I am one solid mass of pain. I was pretty much on my feet all day running Gabe into the ground to hopefully exhaust him enough that he'd sleep tonight. You see, we are supposed to be going to a Memorial Day party on Sunday... and while I REALLY want to go, if Gabe is acting like he is right now... it would be an embarressment to take him anywhere.
::crosses fingers that this gets better soon:: I think I am gunna go crank up my music really loud so I cannot hear Gabe, he knows to just go to the potty if he has to go (although he apparently would much rather have us bring him just in case he needs the BigE potty to poo) or at least tell us.
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