The Tiny Insomniac
For whatever reason, Vivienne has been basically living the life of a baby insomniac for a little over a week now.
Each night, just when we think it's safe to start dinner, we hear a howl coming from the baby monitor.
Of course it's Vivienne. Sometimes we try and entice her to stay in bed with a nice cup of milk.
Other times, we check the television station programming and find that changing the channel will keep her in her bed just a little bit longer.
But eventually, I know it is inevitable. She is going to have to come downstairs so that she doesn't wake up her brothers to share her misfortune.
The poor baby just cannot seem to sleep much anymore for some unknown reason!
It has gotten so bad, that she has been staying up until the wee hours of the morning.
It varies from somewhere between three and four in the morning as to when I can finally get her upstairs quietly and settled in bed enough for me to try and finish working and cleaning up for the day enough for me to be able to go to bed.
Last night, it wasn't so very quiet of a transition, either. She continued to howl until about five.
If her brothers hadn't been sleeping like tiny logs, I would have had to have brought her back downstairs AGAIN, but thankfully they had tuned her howling and screeching out somehow!
Tonight, I am going to try taking the kids outside after dinner and let them bounce on the trampoline for an hour or so in some attempt at tiring them out a bit more.
I had to wake her up from her nap so that hopefully she will sleep some tonight. I found her sleeping with her blanket over her head in what appeared to be some effort at blocking out sound and light, but I cannot be certain of her intentions.
I know that this week has been a mess with Bregon having two different camps to attend with an hour break in between the two to eat and get cleaned up and sweet smelling for the next one.
The babies are probably just experiencing a slight disruption in routine from the hectic schedule for the week. I can only hope!
I sure hope that this gets better, because I don't think I can go too much longer with only cat naps before having to function!
Each night, just when we think it's safe to start dinner, we hear a howl coming from the baby monitor.
Of course it's Vivienne. Sometimes we try and entice her to stay in bed with a nice cup of milk.
Other times, we check the television station programming and find that changing the channel will keep her in her bed just a little bit longer.
But eventually, I know it is inevitable. She is going to have to come downstairs so that she doesn't wake up her brothers to share her misfortune.
The poor baby just cannot seem to sleep much anymore for some unknown reason!
It has gotten so bad, that she has been staying up until the wee hours of the morning.
It varies from somewhere between three and four in the morning as to when I can finally get her upstairs quietly and settled in bed enough for me to try and finish working and cleaning up for the day enough for me to be able to go to bed.
Last night, it wasn't so very quiet of a transition, either. She continued to howl until about five.
If her brothers hadn't been sleeping like tiny logs, I would have had to have brought her back downstairs AGAIN, but thankfully they had tuned her howling and screeching out somehow!
Tonight, I am going to try taking the kids outside after dinner and let them bounce on the trampoline for an hour or so in some attempt at tiring them out a bit more.
I had to wake her up from her nap so that hopefully she will sleep some tonight. I found her sleeping with her blanket over her head in what appeared to be some effort at blocking out sound and light, but I cannot be certain of her intentions.
I know that this week has been a mess with Bregon having two different camps to attend with an hour break in between the two to eat and get cleaned up and sweet smelling for the next one.
The babies are probably just experiencing a slight disruption in routine from the hectic schedule for the week. I can only hope!
I sure hope that this gets better, because I don't think I can go too much longer with only cat naps before having to function!
posted by Mimi Rankin Webb at 12:24 PM
Mimi is the mother of four: a 12 1/2-year-old boy and 1-year-old triplets (two boys and one girl). She is very happily busy taking care of everyone, whether it's the triplets' multiple doctor appointments, attempting a shopping excursion or volunteering to plan her son's school renaissance festival.
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