Getting My Boys to Sleep

[moonlight]

Before long your going to need bars in his bedroom window! lol!

[MrsK]

We have read the entire Danny and the Dinosaur treasure. I've need in their room over an hour reading to myself. They are still awake. K2 is the instigator.

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[spotty_dog]

It's almost 10pm there! What do you mean by instigator?

[MarissaNicole]

We have read the entire Danny and the Dinosaur treasure. I've need in their room over an hour reading to myself. They are still awake. K2 is the instigator.

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You've probably addressed this before but why not separate rooms? Not enough room?

What about putting K2 down first and letting K1 stay awake until K2 is actually asleep so he cant instigate?



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[moonlight]

Insane. I'm sorry. That isn't even helpful! Just out of curiosity (not a suggestion at all) have they ever slept in separate rooms? My suggestion is more locks on the door and ear plugs for you.... oh yeah and take a sleeping pill! My God... I can't even imagine it.

[MrsK]

It's almost 10pm there! What do you mean by instigator?

First he was screaming and procrastination. Then he keeps getting out of paying for get out of bed, turned in the light, depends books and songs. Just refuse to be writing. I'm because become am getting an migraine.

[MrsK]

Sorry, I'm having an episode. Complex migraine causes me to become incoherent. I just took an med and DrK is taking over the boys. I'll be OK in a bit.

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[MrsK]

Rats. DrK picked home champagne to ring in the new year too.

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[MarissaNicole]

Are you okay? I hope DrK is home. Please post when you are feeling better. I'm worried about you!


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[MrsK]

He's here. Sorry to freak you out. Complex migraine systems look like stroke symptoms. I was having some numbness in my right hand and mouth, choose incorrect vocabulary, having trouble identifying correct words on auto correct, becoming blury eyed. Totally creepy but not serious if I take my meds right away. I'm already feeling better but still having numbness in mouth and having some trouble speaking my mind. Thinking one word and saying another. Drk is right beside me.

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[MarissaNicole]

He's here. Sorry to freak you out. Complex migraine systems look like stroke symptoms. I was having some numbness in my right hand and mouth, choose incorrect vocabulary, having trouble identifying correct words on auto correct, becoming blury eyed. Totally creepy but not serious if I take my meds right away. I'm already feeling better but still having numbness in mouth and having some trouble speaking my mind. Thinking one word and saying another. Drk is right beside me.

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Okay good! I was imagining you all alone with the two boys and lambie, and getting worried. You can ignore my text!


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[L.Jane]

I hope you are feeling better this AM!! Sorry the boy were not any better.

[MrsK]

First he was screaming and procrastination. Then he keeps getting out of paying for get out of bed, turned in the light, depends books and songs. Just refuse to be writing. I'm because become am getting an migraine.

Hi There! Sorry for this totally bizarre post last night. I hadn't realized until after I posted it that I was suffering the early effects of a complex migraine. I've mentioned before that I have infrequent neurological headaches that look like a stroke. Generally, they are brought on by stress, exhaustion, or hormones. Before having kids (when practicing law), I used to get them about 1-2x/month. I haven't had many during my pregnancies excepting one doozy early in K1's pregnancy and a cluster during the first trimester of this pregnancy but I cannot take the usual meds when pregnant or nursing so they sneak up on me sometimes. They usually start with a visual disturbance -- aura, flashing lights, wavy vision or photo-sensitivity, then progress into parastesia, word searching, headache, etc. It's totally creepy the first time it happens but it's harmless. I've gone to the ER three times in the last 6 years for it, last time being a year ago. This is what it's like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG7NuH5QTdE

Last night, I'd been bleary-eyed when I left the boys' room but I thought it was from reading the Kindle while attempting to wrangle K2. I guess some of the other symptoms began kicking in when I was trying to post via tapatalk and I was selecting the wrong words, having difficulty translating my thoughts into writing. After I hit "send", DrK asked me a question and discovered that I couldn't speak properly. He asked if I was having a migraine, I nodded, and he got the Fioricet (a combo of acetaminophen, butalbital, and caffeine) from my purse. It dissolves quickly so I was feeling more coherent within 15-20 minutes and I was headed up to the stairs to be tucked into bed about 20 minutes after that. It sucked because by then the boys were asleep. DrK had brought home a bottle of Champagne and I was looking forward to having a little romantic time with him since the last year has been really effing miserable in terms of connecting with my husband. So, this morning, I'm feeling hung over with tingling in my hands without having had a drink, snuggling with hubby, or watching the ball drop. And, in other news, totally freaking out that I'll have a daughter in 6 weeks. Ack!

As for my response to K2's actions of last night. . . . I read to the boys and put them in bed. K1 was wound up during bathtime but quickly settled down when I read to him. He said he was tired, understood that he had to stay in bed, and that was it. K2 meanwhile insisted on bringing books to bed with him (ok) but then kept getting out of bed to get more books and screaming at me to tuck him in again (he's attached to sleeping with 3 blankets layered in a specific order), then he was getting out of bed to get toys -- no toys in his room but he'd smuggled in a couple little things-- including a couple mega blocks, action figures, and one toy that sings the ABCs repeatedly. When I told him no, he had a tantrum, screamed and cried, insisted on turning the lights on, refused to get into bed, and kept harassing K1 to join in his antics -- "come on, COME on, COME ON", when I removed him from the room, he screamed and pounded on the door. He was tearful and clearly over-tired but fighting sleep and making a ruckus that disturbed everybody. The whole while, K1 was very quiet.

Generally, K1 sleeps better than K2. He's always been a heavier sleeper and sleeps more. In the mornings, K2 is awake first and K2 sometimes wakes during the night too. I've considered separating them but most likely, we'd have to put one in with Lambie to accomplish that. K2 would be absolutely impossible with her but K1 might be able to manage it if we just put him to sleep before slipping her into her crib. She probably won't be sleeping in the crib until the Spring or Summer anyway because we generally keep newborns in our room until they can sleep through the night.

[Urowife]

Why not try separating them for the time being? If you won't be putting the baby in with them for a few months, you might as well have a few months peace (or relative peace, that is). Plus, by then, if better habits result, it might be easier to put the boys back together in the same room.

[Pollyanna]

Why not try separating them for the time being? If you won't be putting the baby in with them for a few months, you might as well have a few months peace (or relative peace, that is). Plus, by then, if better habits result, it might be easier to put the boys back together in the same room.

Yes, I think separating is worth a shot.