I've been spoiled by full nights of sleep since Big Bro was very young. I think we encouraged this by 'giving him a minute' when he'd wake up fussing... as in, "Let's give him a minute to see if he can learn to connect sleep cycles." Develop good sleep habits and whatnot.
Yes. That was it. It had nothing to do with our not wanting to get out of bed.
Unfortunately, this time when Little Bro wakes up fussing at 2 a.m., there's the problem of possibly waking up Big Bro if we 'give him a minute', so I scoop him up a lot faster. Because of this, he's not quite 'doing his nights' as well as I'd like yet. Hmm, I never thought of this.
What to do, then? Do they sell noise-cancelling headphones for toddler siblings... maybe with bulldozers or trains or something on them?
In the meantime, I guess there are a few more broken nights to be had. Urgh. Oh well, I guess I can look at it as a sort of mom-baby quality time...
I think in your moment of sleep deprivation you may have just put him back to sleep on a table :D
ReplyDeleteGood thing they can't roll yet? :)
It's a crib mattress on the floor. That'd be a pretty low table! ;)
Delete... That said, I wouldn't put it past myself to put him on a table in the middle of the night. As per an earlier post, I did put one of his brother's diapers on him.
DeleteI laughed so hard at that one I sent it to my husband so he could get a laugh out of it too. Unfortunatly all he did was reply back with "wouldn't a bigger diaper just hold more poop?"
DeleteExpecting this april :) We'll see!
Ha... it won't hold it for long if the leg holes go halfway to the armpits! I wouldn't advise your husband to do it on purpose.
DeleteCongratulations on your upcoming arrival!
I envy the fact that big bro learned to go back to sleep on his own at an early age, at a year old, Helen still can't figure it out 50% of the time.
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine that in 14 years, you won't be able to get 'em out of bed!
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