Kate will play happily with her toys for a few minutes at least – unless I sit down with her. Then she takes one look at me, leans towards me, puts out her hands, and vocally demands to stand up.<\/p>\n
Today when I checked on dinner I left her in her bedroom for a few minutes, playing with a book on the floor. There was silence. Den went down to peek in the room and found out that she’d abandoned her book and was inch-worming for the door. Quietly and peacefully, mind you. Well she looked up, saw Den, and then started squalling as if she couldn’t possibly<\/i> go another inch, she’s stuck, she’s helpless, pick me up! It most definitely was not the cry of sadness, it was a cry of frustration. As soon as Den put her on her feet she grinned at him as if nothing whatsoever had just happened.<\/p>\n
Oh yes, the temper tantrums are starting. Due to her whole sleep schedule being out of whack sometimes we go to bed when she thinks it’s playtime. Or, like a few of the last couple nights, she wakes up from her “nap” at 2am and decides it’s no longer time for sleep. Which is frustrating enough on its own, but the way she lets us know this is by throwing the biggest damn fit. I usually cuddle her to get her to go to sleep, but when I do that when she’s in that mood<\/i> she arches her back, throws her arms wide, and screams<\/i> in fury. Last night when it happened Den and I just looked at each other with eyebrows raised. It’s not like 2am is the peak of my patience, either.<\/p>\n
I feel like the nights are getting a tiny bit better, but every time I think that to myself she does another wide-awake-in-the-middle-of-the-night tantrum. Plus I don’t think she’s slept for longer than a 2 hour stretch at night in about a month. WTF. As a newborn she was doing 3 hours, and at 2 months old she was doing 3-5 hours, and now it’s 1-2. Plus instead of nursing for 2 seconds and falling back to sleep she’s squirming, whining, and waking up every time I so much as twitch my little finger. Which means instead of barely waking up, I am coming wide awake every time, shushing her, rocking her, gently moving away again… I’m so tired! And then I woke up again when Den’s alarm went off and couldn’t go back to sleep. I probably had maybe 4-5 hours of broken sleep. I know I said we’d wait to move her until the time shift was sorted out, but that was it for me, I’m done, toast, if I get woken up at 6am one more time I may go on an alarm clock murderous rage. Or if the dogs bark, or if my husband snores… dude, I am just a pissy person at night right now.<\/p>\n
So. Kate now has a mattress on the floor in her completely cleaned out and babyproofed room. She is currently asleep on it, in fact. Problem is, I don’t know what to do now. Part of me thinks if we’re making a change we should make it all the way and I use this opportunity to gently show her that she is fully capable of sleeping by herself for longer than 2 hours. But then part of me thinks that she’s in a new bed in a new room, maybe I should stay with her so that it’s not a rough transition. And philosophical questions aside, my current dilemma is this: do I go to bed and try to sleep, knowing that she will probably wake up and cry .2 seconds after I fall asleep? Is that even worth it? Because really, that’s what’s on my mind. My plan is to try to get sleep in my own bed, then move to hers when she wakes up and I’m really tired. That way I get some sleep alllll by myself, but in the morning I’ll be safely ensconced in her room so Den won’t wake me. Good plan. No idea how it’ll work. Probably very poorly if she only sleeps for 1 hour chunks, which is my worry. Oh dear child, I love you and I have no problems with where<\/i> you and I sleep, if we’re together or apart, but for the love of the internets please sleep longer than 2 hours at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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