I really think my kids are allergic to sleeping. Let's take last night for instance. I went to bed around 10, by 11 I was up with a kid. From 11-3:30am. In and out of bed. And they weren't even up for good reasons. They were up because they were thirsty, or bored (WTH?!), or just 'cooulldn't sleeeepp'. At one point, around 2:30 I had finally dozed off and I awoke startled and rolled over to see every light in the house on..Big girl was pooping..POOPING! At 2:30am!! Are ya CRAPPIN' me (No pun intended) Who Poops at 2:30am? I didn't even think that orifice worked at that time. It was all I could do to not unleash the Fury Of Mom on her. She has had issues with that part of life anyways so to keep myself out of specialists offices I appease her and am patient and kind when it comes to that area. So I stood there..and waited..and gritted my teeth. Then the child has the audacity to grin at me when I tell her to stay in bed and -not- get up again...I swear, steam came out of my ears.
At another point I, again, had a mommy alert that something wasn't right and I woke up to find little girl sitting on the couch whimpering for an unknown reason.
Hubs, God Bless Him, he's a saint. I didn't bother him during this time because he already has to get up at 04:30 but he did get up once with the girls. Bless his heart! I don't even want to think about how I'm going to function when I have a new baby and they pull these stunts. For real, If you have any hints..please please tell me. I will try anything!! These nights don't happen too terribly often but they happen and they need to stop.
It's not even like I appease them. Yah, I'll give them a sip of water, heck, I get thirsty too in the night but they are told to stay in bed..over and over.. go to sleep, over and over. "I don't care if you can't sleep, just lay there quietly"
And then during all this craziness the stupid yappy dog belonging to the people below us was yapping constantly. Yappers started at 2pm (yes, in the afternoon) and I think he finally shut up around 4am. I kid you not. Darn..near..constant. It doesn't bother me too much because I can drown it out and I can't hear it when I'm asleep but it's the principle of the matter. I also wonder how they don't kill the dumb dog. I'm a dog lover and all just like everyone else but..really?! There's nothing to bark at at 2am..Not a doggon thing (again, no pun intended) I would really like to go knock on their door and ask how they deal with it because it happens nearly nightly. I'm honestly very curious how they deal with such constant yappy behavior. Of course, maybe it doesn't bother them..her.. and her..and maybe a him (I'm not really sure of the living situation) because as far as I can tell they..her?..don't have any sort of 'real' job. Boomy music all night, boomy music all day.. I'm not sure how they pay their rent.
I'm not sure that I'm going to have room for food today. Between the normal water intake so I don't get contractions and the caffine to keep me functioning.... I think we are hitting up Smashburger tonight. Yup, that sounds good.
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Suggestion: Cup of water by the bedside (the tervis tumbler, small size, with the lid is awesome). If they must go potty at night, no lights on other than the bathroom light. If they are bored, they must still lay there. Nighttime is supposed to be boring.
What is their currency? I mean, what do they like to do that is a privilege? Watch TV? Have certain special snacks? Whatever that is, I am sure you know it. :) Use them--
Write down nighttime rules-- even if they can't read, you can point to the rules and say "rule 1 is stay the heck in bed!!". If they break the rules that you set up, then they lose that currency. Be strong, Mama. You will need that sleep.
ohhh that's good Casey..currency! I'll have to think about theirs...when I'm a little less tired :-) lol
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