Once again, the Crazies are not sleeping through the night.
We had the issue of the Devil Dogs...we resolved that by "sending them on a playdate with their puppy friends" (read: stuffing them in Husband's closet with a good amount of violence...just for a little while...please don't get mad, A!!!).
Now we just don't know what is keeping these little Crazies up at night.
Here are my theories:
- Teething - of course...teething! I've used that to excuse every other possible behavior, right? Why not this?
- Nightmares - about what? Seriously...they're two!
- Loss of bink - this has some validity to it which throws me into tremors over ever having to remove the binks from their cherubic little mouths.
- Too much crap in their cribs - there is just way too much in there, but Hailey likes to pile everything up and sleep on top of it. It's cute...what can I say?
- The Ice Cream Man - they are petrified of the Ice Cream Man (which can also be the Police...they're on and the same in the world of a two year old). Every time they hear him (every goddamn afternoon), they throw a shit fit and thereby finish their naps in dramatic fashion. The same rings true if they hear a police siren on TV or if they hear theme music to a show that even slightly resembles that of the ice cream man.
- The very thought of Mommy and Daddy going to sleep - no joke...Matt wakes up as soon as I'm about to turn off the light...every single night.
- Just to piss Daddy off - this one speaks for itself. They're testing the man...in a serious way.
However, when we're downstairs and they've only just gone to sleep? Husband throws his laptop to the side, gets really pissed off (seemingly at me, but not really), possibly pounds his fists into the couch, and stomps up the stairs.
Now, I don't know about you, but if someone came stomping up the stairs, it would definitely calm me down enough to go back to sleep. How about you?
I don't think he even realizes he is doing it and the Crazies always go back to sleep. It doesn't scare them at all, but it definitely brings out my inner Noise Nazi...
So, I guess that stomping up the stairs really does help because when I go tiptoe-ing the 6 feet across the hall, silently put the bink back in, silently close the door, and silently get back into bed, they're awake freaking 15 minutes later.
Husband - 1, Wife - 0
Disclaimer #1: I wrote this last night. Every single time I write a post about sleep issues, they sleep through the night...like they did last night. What a difference!
Disclaimer #2: The Devil Dogs are really awesome toys...my kids just aren't mature enough to know when to use them and when to "put them to sleep." So, if you've emailed me saying that you don't think you're going to get them...think again. The kids loved them!
Disclaimer #2: The Devil Dogs are really awesome toys...my kids just aren't mature enough to know when to use them and when to "put them to sleep." So, if you've emailed me saying that you don't think you're going to get them...think again. The kids loved them!
9 comments:
I wanted to comment on the stuff in the bed. My daughter has no less that 7 different animals, 1 blanket, 1 afghan, 4 books, and a shirt in the bed with her when she goes to bed. Oh yeah, plus the pillow and her towel. I am not sure how she manages. But every now and then, she will roll onto a baby and the music will start up during the night.
But then again, she is in a twin bed, so there is more room for more stuff.
Abby is a "pile everything in the bed" but I told her that our Dr. says she can't : ) Mean mommy, I know. But it helped her sleep better.
PJ can always get the girls to sleep or stay in bed. Not fair, right?
Lately, one more than the other has been waking up in the middle of the night for no stinkin reason, none!
I do believe that my son is having nightmares, because he wakes up screaming and talking. Ex: "No, no, no! Don't take it! No!"
I swear my oldest was not waking up like these two do at her age.
Ah, so our problem is we have a ranch and no stairs!
Allie's been waking up about an hour or two after bedtime (right about the time you think it's going to be an ok night) At this rate she's going to have a pacifier until age ten. No way I'm taking that away and risking no sleep.
Oh, I do hate that trek up the stairs to tell them to be quiet when you're trying to relax and be comfy...
Got a lil Good Cop, Bad Cop going on?? ha!
Maybe they are having nightmares that they will have a bad knee, too? (haha, I had to say it!) I'm just kidding. Do you use a white noise machine? I swear it helps me be able to live and not tippy toe around the house.
oh i hear ya.
G likes to take things to bed with her - like random shit, sippy cups, books, crayons, 34 babies etc.
she also throws her lovie and/or binkie over the side, stands there crying saying "wooooviieeee" until you go pick it up for her....
sometimes though, she just whines and if I stand by the door all serious (her door is shut) she stops. she can feel my seriously tired attitude through the door - obviously.
(usually she cries louder....)
I think Tot started having nightmares around two. She would wake up SCREAMING!!! We would actually have to wake her up and shake her out of it. Hoping for some quiet nights for you!
Zoe is doing this to it seems like every other night or every two nights. She wakes up calling Mommy and Daddy and then when we go in to check on her she says her toe hurts or her leg hurts. Can growing pains start as early as age two? I'm thinking she has just gotten use to us coming into check on her, she wants us to rock her back to sleep. Little stinker. Hope routine gets better for them soon.
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