Some have suggested that when sleep is going well here that I may have to consider changing my blog title. Well, I don’t think that will happen any time soon. The kids are working on keeping me honest — Livs was up once last night with the “pees” and, well, Christian got up at 3:30 (again). At 4am I realized that there was nothing that I could do to persuade him back to sleep, so he went downstairs and played while I passed out on the couch (with Olivia because her bed was torn apart and being washed). I figured Christian knew where I was if he needed anything and I could get some much needed sleep in-between those times. 😉 And Christian never went back to sleep. (Good luck therapists with his 7-hours of therapy today. Who’s watch will he fall asleep on?? 😉 )
The question is why? Why did he get up last night? He didn’t have to poo, so there must be another reason. Hmm… could it really just be the change in the atmospheric pressure? Did he sneak a food that he’s not supposed to eat? I don’t have any clue, but I sure hope sleep actually happens tonight!!!
To Sleep, Or Not to Sleep... 
October 29, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Our psychiatrist recommended Melatonin, a natural supplement. It’s cheap and it works for my night owl.
October 30, 2009 at 2:21 am
We have actually used melatonin in the past. It worked super well for 9 months. Then it still worked great to get Christian to fall asleep, but he seemed to be sleeping so well that he would wake up after 4-5 hours of sleep and be ready to go for the day. We stopped using it at that point, as I was never ready to get up for the day at that time of the night. Maybe after taking an extended break from the melatonin, it will work better again. We will have to see… 🙂