Cot Boy
Callum has slept in our bed with us almost from the day he was born. This was done to help facilitate night feeds, and we haven't really done anything about it because it was convenient. Callum also used to sleep the night through. That only seemed to take about 2 months after birth (but I may be conveniently forgetting any early discrepancies!). I've never had any real dramas until recently about him being in the bed. I believe I have an in-built sense not to role on him, and its not like I go to bed smashed or whacked out, when most people do their indiscriminate rolling.
Unfortunately Callum's sleep patterns have taken a turn for the worse. Someone suggested today it might be because of his teeth coming through. Whatever it is, he sleeps for a couple of hours, and then begins a phase of waking every 15-20 minutes for a grizzle. This can happen for several hours. Its not conducive to good sleep, especially if you wake up and can't get back to sleep yourself.
So last night, my darling wife, amazing trooper that she is, tended to him all night and he slept in his cot. All night. He woke a few times where she had to get up, but in the main, we let him grizzle himself back to sleep. Its hard, because you feel like you should get up, but my sweet sweet laziness and the beautiful warmth of the bed keeps me horizontal. Poor Anth, Callum's powers of persuasion mean that she did get up to him, but her resolve did stick in that he didn't end up back in the bed with us.
Ciao for Now, Bed Early Tonight Angry Dad.
posted by Wes at 9:06 pm
4 Comments:
We went thru this recently with our almost 3 year old. No teething excuse there. He just insisted on being in our room and in our bed. Of course he insists on sleeping perpendicular to what normal people sleep, so one of us would get the head, and the other would get the feet. The feet that kick.
Finally we convinced him to go back to his room. Then he would only sleep on his floor! Whatever. At least he was sleeping! Now he's back in his bed, but refuses to wear his pajamas!
The quirks of kids. I wish I could get in to their little minds sometimes!
P.S. Thanks for visiting my blog too! Go back and check out the Father's Day post, and you'll see that I did in fact talk about the great importance of daddies! :-)
good luck with this.. try a cold washcloth, or freeze it even for him to gnaw on. lol
I have heard that the frozen washcloth works or else a really cold spoon to chew on too for teething. It is the PITS.
i always go for drugs, tylenol, i'm an adovacate of drugs! LOL!
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