Just when I seem to get motherhood figured out, something changes and we hit chaos again. It never fails.
Right now Kyri is going through a testing period. She has mastered the child locks on the cleaning supplies cabinet in the kitchen and the bathroom. This requires a lot of vigilance as she is quiet and sneaky. This week I have found her 1) hiding behind the toilet with nail polish armed and ready; 2) hiding behind the table with a box of cookies; 3) hiding underneath Ben's bed with screw drivers and 4) hiding behind a living room chair after turning the dishwasher soap box upside down and emptying the contents all over the kitchen floor.
Throw in that Ben has decided he is an early riser after all and the girl has decided she is a night owl and I'm beat. I've been trying to explain to Ben that loud voices in the morning are not ok and if he wants to rise before 7am, more power to him but please be quiet. But Ben wakes up ready to talk, sing, and run. All loudly.
We are teaching Kyri that while she may not be able to sleep until the wee hours, she needs to not share her insomnia with the rest of the family. Every night when put to bed she is reminded if she wakes up, she is to pray or think of stories and wait for sleep to come. Since her father often has insomnia (hers always cures his though), she has spent a few nights up with him and thinks this is great fun. We've realized this is a bad idea and that father-daughter bonding time should probably be restricted to daylight hours. She just likes late night television and snacks a little too much.
Sleep deprivation always causes me to lose my perspective in a major way. Writing this post was my way of reminding myself that I've written these things before and we've always gotten past it. I've survived. I'm a little more wrinkled and lumpy but HA, no grey hairs YET.
4 comments:
I have a lot of fond memories of late night snacks and TV with my dad. But I was closer to 7, not a toddler. :) Hope things works out for you all.
This makes me afraid because I can totally see Mikea doing the same kinds of things in the near future! Last week at my parents' I caught her playing with a table knife and then not 20 seconds later she had found a can of Lysol spray. I couldn't survive, though, if the kids weren't such good sleepers. I hope things get better!
Yuck. I'm sorry. Hopefully you'll work your way through this soon. I think L just went through a testing period because for the last four nights she has fought us on going to bed. She'll go to bed nicely enough, but then goof off and call for us as late as 11pm one night. We remained consistent and tonight not a peep. Whew... On to the next battle.
Just think ... someday you will laugh when you read this post and miss the good ol' days (maybe not for a while, but some day ...).
Hopefully tonight will be more restful and Kyri will get over her insomnia. Soon.
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