The Chronicles of Napping
Or no napping. This is entirely my own fault. See, when we had version 2.0, the Mighty Miss O, I just didn't expect the original version to go so batshit crazy with the sleep issues. And since the original version was the Center of the Universe for so long, Mr. Q has had trouble getting adjusted to the new deal. Mighty Miss, as most second children must, appears to know the order of things. She is already a well adjusted sleeper who, apparently knowing nothing different, sleeps through the uh communication of disagreement from the original version. Why am I writing about my children as if they are software programs? I have no idea. I guess I thought it would be funny.
Anyway, Q loves to sleep with us. He seems most happy when his body is flung over one party or the other so that the cuddles are extra warm and cozy. And since I have always had a secret affection for this cuddle time, I think I helped to establish some bad habits, particularly when I was pregnant with O and living in the hovel. We let him into bed with us. He was primed to continue said bad habits when Miss Thang arrived, given his delicate emotional state regarding the new family member. We worked HARD at undoing these bad habits during Sleep Training, The Second Act. They had reached a crescendo where he was waking several times a night and earlier and earlier in the morning, only satisfied if we brought him to our bed. This coupled with the newborn sleep made for Very Bad Sleep in our house all around. For the most part things are now great, they both sleep through the night until at least 6am. But now, the nap issue is not so good. And see, I really needed Quinn to nap today since we all have colds and I noticed that I was eying the clock waiting for nap time as if the event was akin to a cold fountain of water in the Sahara desert. Get my (sand) drift?
So I did a bad thing.
Oh, did you notice I am blogging mid-day? Well see, the Mighty Miss O is sleeping in her crib. The Mighty Quinn cried for one hour at their door (O slept through the whole thing) until I went up and brought him to my bed where he promptly fell asleep.
I hope I am not undoing all our hard work.It really is a slippery slope with this one. Give him an inch, and let's just say that a hundred miles is a more accurate analogy.
I hope the husband doesn't read this post because I will be getting a big Time Out. Mommy's in trouble.
Also, everyone is sleeping. It is so worth it.
posted by KMW @ 2:32 PM
2 Comments:
dude, i don't know how you do it. i say it's okay to do whatever you have to in order to get Q some z's. especially when he is sick. i hope our future number 2 follows the path of Miss O. because avi is not known for his excellent nighttime sleep habits. but he can nap like a champ! i'm not qualified to give sleep advice, as i still nurse avi when he wakes up at night. and you know how big he is. ah well . . . the best thing about these phases is that they don't last!
I've got to agree w/ Melissa, what ever it takes to get the most sleep, especially when everyone is sick. (everyone is stuffy and crabby over here too, I don't think we've all been healthy since you guys were here! No fun.)
And of course I am the perfect person to give advice considering everyone is still sleeping w/ us and Chris is relegated to the farthest corner of the bed while Domingo and Amalia take up 99%. (Although I do love the snuggly-cuddliness of it). This too shall pass. That said, I will cry salt tears when Domingo stops taking his naps, an oasis indeed.
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