If it's not one thing, it's another

As soon as things start looking up for my prospect of some day getting a good nights sleep again, something always happens. Last time, it was a cold. This time, it was a fever due to immunizations. Lynsey never had this reaction, and Adam didn't the first time, so I was surprised when I noticed that he was a bit cranky and feeling quite warm on Wednesday evening. He slept TERRIBLY that night - he had one good stretch at the beginning of the night, but at like 2 or 3 he woke up and misery overtook him (and us coincidentally). Tylenol seemed to help a bit, but for the next 3 days, he just wanted to be held all the time. We went to Edmonton on Friday and he was miserable there for the first day or so - not fun. He did get a bit better on Saturday and slept a bit better that night, but it was still not very good. This week has been much better since the fever is gone, but we now have a new problem - he is starting to fight sleep now! He used to fall asleep whenever he was tired without much issue, and now when he gets tired, he cries and fights. Very unfortunate. We are starting to conquer the hunger at night with the cereal and with him just getting older, but now this?!

We weren't really 100% sure he was ready to start crying it out yet, but over the last week we've decided that we're going to try it. Not fun during the night, but we don't know what else to do - he actually doesn't even really calm down when we hold him! He just needs to sleep and doesn't know how, so hopefully he can learn over the next little while. Falling asleep for naps isn't a big deal, he cries for a few minutes, I go give him his soother and he's done. However, staying asleep is a different story. After half an hour he thinks he's done - just like Lynsey always did! I don't pick him up if he wakes up after half an hour - I just give him his soother, rub his back, and leave. After 10 minutes or so I go back and repeat. He does eventually fall back asleep, so I'm really hoping that like with Lynsey, the time he cries will just keep decreasing until he stops waking up and crying when he just needs to go back to sleep. I'm working on getting him on a schedule, but it will probably take some time. One thing after another with this little dude! Oh, well - he's a healthy 19 lb and 26 inches, so I guess I shouldn't complain:). My little tubbo! I put him in his exersaucer today for the first time and he liked it - hopefully it will help me know how to entertain him at this in-between age!

I say this with caution, but I THINK we might FINALLY be getting over the final hurdle in the potty training! Since my last post, she has started just going pee on her own and hasn't had an accident in over a week. It seems like she is finally starting to recognize the sensation, and also (and possibly most importantly) cares enough to go to the toilet instead of just peeing in her pants. I know she can regress at any time, but I am so relieved that at least for now, there is not a lot of stress in this area. She has been wearing panties at night for the last little while and our suspicions were confirmed the other morning - she peed on the bathroom floor in the morning. She continues to want to wear panties at night so I'm letting her, since we've been catching her when she's been waking up and hence preventing accidents. I am hopeful that soon she will just make it to the potty in the morning on her own and, dare I say it, we would be DONE WITH TRAINING!

It's been a bit of a busy week and the lack of good sleep over the last 4 and a half months has really worn on me this week. I feel like I just haven't been myself for so long! I'm functioning, and some days are better than others, but I really notice it on a full week like this with a lot of playdates and going out a lot. We took Lynsey to Brian's softball game on Wednesday and it was very stressful. She got bored after about half an hour and started whining for Daddy when he was in the outfield, and wouldn't listen to me when I asked her to do or not do something. She is usually so well behaved when we're out that I don't know how to deal with this very well. I hate it when I am constantly scolding her - "Lynsey, don't do that. Lynsey come here! Lynsey, are you listening? Lynsey Lynsey Lynsey!". Argh I feel like people must think I'm way too uptight, and the truth is, lately I think it's probably true! I just need Adam to start sleeping better - consistently. I want to be able to deal with a bit of toddler disobedience without getting all exasperated. I want to deal with a potty accident without practically going into a depression! Soon, hopefully . . . :).