It was one thing to have Nyla wake up in the middle of the night and want to play for two hours before going back to sleep. It's completely another to have it happen five days in a row! Holy no sleep!
You would think that with all that non-sleeping that homegirl would like to sleep a lot during the day, and in turn give her mommy some much needed sleep too. That's not the case at all. And since some of the nights that she wasn't sleeping were Paul's nights to get up, daddy is sleepy too. That makes us some grumpy parents.
I know I said that I wouldn't get used to her sleeping through the night, but man! It was so nice sleeping a solid 8 hours a night. Now, it's like time has reversed and we're back to being walking zombies during the day. Nyla, on the other hand, is her same old happy, playful self. I need to draw energy from her this week.
With her not sleeping very well, that made my running program very difficult to do last week. I was so pathetic during the runs that I need to repeat last week just to feel like I did something productive.
Nyla, here is your goal for tonight and the following nights: SLEEP. We're begging you!
Don't let her play! That's how they get into a routine of wanting it. Make awake time as boring as possible, we used to just put Jamie in his swing, otherwise he'd want to be up all the time. The only time we broke the rule was when we went to England, but it wasn't his fault his body clock was off.
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