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To sleep, perchance to…not sleep
Filed Under (Parenting) by table4five on 17-10-2006

Last night, or rather this morning, Kaitlyn decided at 1:15 a.m. that she’d had enough sleep, thank you Mother, and proceeded to yell, hoot and screech loud enough to wake up the President.

After the usual diaper change/bottle/rocking chair/lullabies etc., she thanked me by sleeping for exactly two more hours, and then letting out another shriek. The kind of shriek that lets you know they mean business. And so, I broke the cardinal rule of teaching babies to put themselves back to sleep and got her up.

I flipped on the tv, found “Serenity” on one of the HBOs, and settled back to let Captain Mal soothe my weary soul. Kaitlyn happily cruised her way around the coffee table, pounding her hands on it and letting out shrieks of happiness this time. At four a.m. I had had enough, and I put her back in her crib. I almost turned off the baby monitor, but guilt wouldn’t let me do it. By that point I was so tired, I would have slept through any shrieking anyway.

The alarm went off at 6:20, and at 6:30, and at 7:05 Chris shook me awake. I had to drive the boys to school because it’s raining, and then I drove to the only drive-thru coffee shop in town for a grande nonfat mocha latte. Kaitlyn is taking her morning nap now, but I have too much to do to go back to bed.

What happened to my perfect sleeper baby who went to bed awake and slept all night? God, I hope she comes back soon.

   
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Chantal (40 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 11:40 am #

From the Mom of two terrible sleepers: Don’t even talk about it again, especially if she starts to sleep again. You must never speak of sleep or you will be cursed!

Seriously, I hope she starts to sleep soon.


karrie (1 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 1:53 pm #

Chantal makes an excellent point. My son had a couple of months when he slept soundly, but now he’s up and raring to go at all hours. At least when he was new–he’s two–I could TiVo the Olympics and bad cooking shows. (TiVo is NoMo.Wah.)

Hopefully a short-lived phase for you.


Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah (27 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 3:33 pm #

I feel your pain. Ian didn’t sleep through the night until he was two, but I didn’t have anyone else to drive to school.

Stick in there. It is probably just a growth spurt or teething. Or she could be ready to have a major developmental leap. Like walking…


Dawn (35 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 3:58 pm #

Well, from a “professional” standpoint, Kids often do this right before the next Developmental leap. Very, Very common prior to the start of walking. It is almost as if they can not STOP thinking. Their synapses are on overdrive.

Or, she is just being evil.


meno (32 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 5:27 pm #

I so do NOT miss those days. And they are always so happy in the middle of the night.


wordgirl (56 comments.) on 17 October, 2006 at 9:24 pm #

Motherhood, thy name is exhaustion.


theotherbear (55 comments.) on 18 October, 2006 at 2:50 am #

Um… you shouldn’t write these things down where women with no kids yet (LIKE ME) might read them or the human race will die out.


Trisha on 18 October, 2006 at 9:17 am #

Sounds about right! Just when you think you’ve got their patterns and habits down, they change them! I guess change is the name of the game.


Fraulein N (76 comments.) on 19 October, 2006 at 2:20 pm #

Haaa, theotherbear, that cracks me up. After reading the post after this, I’m thinking maybe it’s the teething that’s keeping her from sleeping well.


Krisco (5 comments.) on 21 October, 2006 at 11:57 pm #

It sounded like she had something wrong with her. Maybe she’s lactose intolerant? We got a lot of random up-at-night screaming business until we figured that one out. (Duh, Mom! As my two-year old likes to say now.)

At any rate, I feel your pain too.


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