Whew, what a weekend! Benoit and I have decided to try a few new ideas to help Sophie sleep better at night (and hence, the rest of us too). We started last week with a 30 min quiet time before movie time, during which she falls asleep. I wake her after quiet time and she can watch a movie until Audrey wakes up from her nap. Friday night was particularly bad and she woke up countless times and never seemed to be able to settle down. I never really slept after 3:30am.
So on Saturday night, we decided to try a 'wait and see' approach to night time wakings. We put Audrey to bed in a playard in our room to keep her from waking up when Sophie goes nuts later that night. Around 10:30pm, Sophie woke up and started crying. I did not go in but we just waited for 5 minutes to see if she could calm herself down. She did not, so Benoit went in. She then went totally nuts because she only wants me to come in at night. We are also working on getting her more used to Benoit coming in at night so he'll be able to help more. Then after 5 more minutes, I went in. Initially, it took a while for her to sleep but I only had to go in 1 more time that night. She woke again, but was able to calm herself. Then Sunday night, I only had to go in at 4:30 am. Not too bad! Maybe we're on the right track finally!
As for Audrey, she had a rough morning yesterday. She woke us up gagging at 5am (remember, she is in the playard in our room). But she did not get sick and went back to sleep. At 6am, she and I got up and snuggled on the couch while she drank her milk. Twenty minutes later, she projected it all over me and the couch. Twice. Gross. And smelly. She didn't get sick anymore that day but did have two gross diapers that morning, so must have been a little bug. We canceled our brunch plans at the Gaylord (we'll go next weekend) since she was not feeling well. She was quite grumpy, but who could blame her.
Otherwise, a good weekend. We went to the dog park, stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a small treat, went to the pool with the kids, hung out at the mall a bit. It was a nice family weekend. I even got 2 pairs of running shorts (though I don't run) for the start of my birthday week! That means I'll look cool at the gym today while I hit the elliptical Thanks hubby!
Today begins Sophie's last full week home before she starts back to school so I planned a fun activity for FUN WEEK! Today we went to the Pump It Up and bounced around on some cool inflatables. Sophie had a blast but Audrey was a little unsure of it all after 15 min. Very unlike her, so maybe a little tired from yesterday's craziness. And here is my fave moment of the day....hand holding in the car. Sigh.
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