And then there are those who are not meant to sleep

May 20

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, cute things kids say, just another day in paradise, me myself and i, memories, parenting, you might be a mom

Long time readers have probably heard my incessant whining about Caleb not sleeping through the night. Thankfully he does now, but he was over two years old by the time he did so on a consistent basis. Last night, he decided to reminisce about the good old days. I went to bed around 12:30. After tossing and turning for a while, I finally fell into a restless sleep. It seemed like five minutes later, I heard Caleb wake up screaming, as if he was having a bad dream. I was so exhausted that I just called out to him and told him to come get in bed with me. He never did come in, and I fell back off to sleep. He did the same thing several more times, and finally got up and *RAN* into the bedroom at 4:30am. I swear sometimes I think this kid has restless leg syndrome for toddlers. Sometimes he’s still, but sometimes he will get in bed and move constantly every few seconds, which of course he did the later last night until well after 5:00. He turned back and forth, kicked me a gazillion times, whined because he couldn’t get back to sleep, and turned over some more. Needless to say, I’ve been dragging all day.

I made it to naptime and practically ran to the bed. We both fell out about 2:00. At 2:40, Caleb’s stupid singing potty started blasting a jig from the bathroom on the other side of the room. I lay there contemplating the toilet’s demise and praying to all things holy that it wouldn’t wake him up. After what seemed like an eternity, it was quiet again. I closed my eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Just as the thunder began rumbling outside. Frustrated, I turned over and tried to ignore it. Then my phone started ringing. I sat up enough to see the clock, letting me know it was only 2:48. Is this really happening, I asked myself. You know how they say reality has a way of hitting you in the face. Well just then, it did. WHOP. The kid rolled over and slapped me in the face (in his sleep). That’s it. I get it. I’m not supposed to be napping during the day, point taken, just give me a few more minutes peace to prepare myself to deal with my toddler from now until bedtime. Just then, he rolled over grinning from ear to ear, sat up, and I KID YOU NOT said, “Can we stay up all night Mom?!”

Comments

2 Responses to “And then there are those who are not meant to sleep”

    Amber
    May 20th, 2008 3:37 pm

    Thank you for making me laugh out loud. Funniest crap I’ve ever heard!

    a :)

    Jen
    May 21st, 2008 11:30 am

    There must be something in the air because my kids have been wide awake (in the middle of the night) for the past few nights too… WTF? Annabelle showed up at my bedside dressed and ready, poking me and asking me to tie her shoes, at 5am yesterday morning. AND I’m sick, so that was a real treat. God only knows how long she had been up for. And Jack, he was up for like 3 hours singing loudly from his bed!

    Hope you are getting some much needed rest!

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