This is mostly just a quick little blurb to complain.
We have been back from Florida (more on that later) for 2 days now. Wyatt has slept in my bed the last two nights. While we were away, he also slept with me every night.
The poor kid would not sleep on his own, he would cry and cry and cry until I brought him into bed with me.
Thursday night wasn't so bad; we were both exhausted after the plane ride and pretty much went right to bed together.
Friday night though I put him down at the normal time in the play yard his grandmother borrowed from a friend. Not unusually he jumped up and didn't want me to leave so I kissed him, told him goodnight and left the room. Thirty minutes later he was still up in the room screaming. I was honestly worried he was going to choke himself. When I went up to check on him he was standing in a corner of the play yard looking terrified and miserable. I tried to lay him down again and he wasn't having it. He kept jumping up crying "mama mama mama". In a last ditch desperate attempt to help him get some rest, I pulled him out of the crib and laid down with him in my twin bed. Right away he laid his head on the pillow, scooted as close to me as he could get and buried his head in my chest. But 15 minutes later he was asleep. I wrapped his little arms around a stuffed giraffe and got off the bed as gently as possible.
Saturday was a little different, he got all the screaming out while his dad was giving him a bath and getting him dressed for bed (again, more on that later). But I did have to be the one to take him up to bed and still had to lay with him for a little bit while he went to sleep in my bed. And he wouldn't let me put him in the crib either night once he was sleeping. I tried, but both nights he woke up and started crying till I brought him back into my bed.
After all the lack of sleeping and sharing such a small space I was thrilled to be back home where I could put Wy into his own bed. We got home in the evening on Sunday, played a while and when he started to get crabby it was straight to bed. He put up a little fight but actually seemed pretty happy to be in his own room again.
Or so I thought. Wyatt woke up 3 times before I even went to bed. All three times I gave him a hug and laid him back down and he went right to sleep. It was like he just wanted to be sure I was still there. When he woke up yet again after I had gotten into bed, I just brought him into my room so we could both get some sleep before having to wake up early the next morning.
The same thing happened last night! And again, I brought him into my room because I would rather do that than be exhausted all day at work from getting up with him every two hours all night.
This makes 5 nights in a row now that he has needed to sleep with me.
So my question is this; is he just having some adjustment issues? Was the trip a little stressful on him and this is how he is reacting? Or is he just getting to that bad toddler point in life and gearing up for the terrible 2's? I have no idea.
The sleep thing has been compounded by the fact that he threw giant fits both yesterday and today when I dropped him off at the sitter's. Wyatt has been going to Anne's house since he was 4 months old, he loves it there! But when we got to Anne's this morning, he started screaming and reaching for me not wanting me to leave. Just last week, he couldn't get out of my arms fast enough when we got there and saved the fit throwing for when I came to pick him up and he didn't want to leave his friends.
I really hope this is just a case of him having a little trouble adjusting to the stress of this trip and being away from home for a few days.
1 comment:
I feel your pain! This brings back memories of when you were the exact same age and when away from home, you would not have anything to do with sleeping in a temporary crib or bed. It was always with mom and dad. For you, it never turned into the terrible 2's. It was what it was. You needed the closeness, the warmth, the cuddling. You needed to be able to wake up, reach across the bed and someone would be there. I never minded it. It was very precious to me. Although, popular opinion from those who were more seasoned parents, thought what I did was a bad idea. But, it's what worked. And that's what matters. It didn't last forever, eventually, it was not an issue. Travel is stressful on both of you. He probably feels your stress as well. It's hard for him to understand what that's about, so the need for comfort and what feels safe to him is what he's looking for. You are doing a wonderful job, Sara, I'm so proud of you...Wyatt is going to grow up knowing he has an amazing mom.
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