- Owen threw a bowl of raisins at my head while screaming that he wanted his snack in a cup.
- Sutton has pooped on me... twice.
- Sutton has spit up on me, my clothes, my carpet, my furniture, and my car... 327 times.
- Owen dirtied about 10 pairs of underwear and diapers in a 2 hour period because he refused to sit on the toilet to poop and insisted that he be changed everytime he went a little bit. Oh yeah, this was all about an hour into bedtime. Needless to say we were all a little cranky.
- Owen (along with his tag-teaming cousin) screamed at my sister incessently for five minutes that he "wanted gatorade right now". We eventually had to go home to stop the madness.
- Owen clogged the toilet.
- Owen threw his toy car into the clogged toilet. (NOT a fun combination!)
- Owen, a.k.a. "Keeper of the Pacifier", is normally really good at keeping Sutton calm in the car (riding in the car is Sutton's least favorite activity, to put it mildly); however, during our worst excursion to date, Sutton was screaming at the top of his lungs and Owen took his pacifier and threw it all the way to the back... we were still 10 minutes from home.
- Sutton still wakes up every 3 hours to eat. On a good night. You don't want to know what happens on a bad night. Now, added to this, Owen gets up at least once to use the bathroom. I'm really excited that he's not wetting the bed, but part of me preferred the extra laundry over what's now happening. Usually after he goes to the bathroom, he insists that he's hungry. Now, this is just like when he was 8 months old and waking up still to eat... it was just easier to feed him than to not. So, we keep giving him some food, even though we know it would be better for all of us if we stopped this pattern now. Not exactly mother-of-the-year material, but it's the rut we're now in.
- I'm not even going to go into all of the typical tantrums that have also occured
The really scary part is that Colin and I were just saying last night how good Owen has been the last couple weeks. I'm glad I didn't stop to think about it during a bad week!
So, every night it's pretty much every man for himself around here. Any time one of the kids wakes up, Colin and I both pause in hopes that the other one's gonna get up. And, when one of us does finally get up, I don't think it would be good for our marriage if the other one could hear what we mutter under our breath. Sutton usually ends up in our bed around 4am. And, for the first time ever, we were desperate enough to do the same thing with Owen last night after one of his potty breaks. If you've never slept in a bed with 4 people, I don't recommend it. Especially if one of them likes to kick and squirm. Good thing we upgraded to the king size last year! If anyone has some recommendations on getting either of my kids to sleep better... I'd definitely like to hear!
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Holy Crap. I think you are getting less sleep then me. Ella has a double ear infection and they both have the most disgusting cold ever. I've threatened to go back to work full time this week so that we can buy a new house with a sub-basement and lock them both in it to sleep at night. I will be sleeping peacefully two floors up.
Turn the monitor off and lock your bedroom door. That's all I can think of.
Both sound like quality ideas to me!
I love your list of "good times" this week. It'll all be funny 10 years from now, I'm sure. At least I hope so. HA HA. :0)
The sleeping is a really tough one because in order to try and "fix" it, you're going to have to buckle down and not give in when Owen gets up and wants to eat. And being super tired makes that 100 times harder so I totally can sympathize with just giving in. :0)It'll probably take a good 4 days to a week for him to get the clue that you're no longer the midnight chef, but it'll be SO worth it and you'll wonder why you waited so long to do it.
Sutton's a tough one because he's still so little that letting him tough it out and cry seems like a little too soon because you really don't know if something is wrong and he could be really hungry. The only thing I can suggest is a little baby cereal before bed and not letting him take a day nap past like 5 or so. Not letting Brooklin sleep past 5 did wonders when I wanted to put her to bed because she'd actually go to sleep because she was exhausted. The baby cereal should keep Sutton full longer at bedtime so you can hopefully get a good block of sleep. (that is after Owen stops the snacks :0)
Lawrence and I don't let our kids sleep with us because it's freakin' hard to sleep with kids in the bed (as you know) and we don't want them to be doing the same thing when they're 5 and 8. No thanks. Whenever we had a kid that was up during the night, I either laid down with them in their bed or with a baby, I'd lay down on the couch so they didn't get used to my bed. When you're exhausted and super tired all of this seems like climbing a mountain and the last thing you want to do, but I promise you you'll be really happy in the end. :0)
If I could come and stay the night with you to help you thru this, I TOTALLY would. My mom actually helped me with getting Kole to sleep better so I wouldn't jump out the window during the night. What a blessing that was! Maybe Colin's mom or when your mom comes they can help you get a bed time routine down 'cuz you'll need someone that's had sleep in the last 4 years to help. HA HA. Hang in there, it will get better. :0)
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