I really should have taken a hint from our last visit to Logan. After a 1:00 a.m. wheeling of cribs to other bedrooms so everyone could get some sleep, I should have known better.
But no. I thought things would be different this time (don't ask me why...) Well they were different - much WORSE!!!!
Here's a general timeline of our night last night:
7:30 p.m. Baths
8:00 p.m. Bed (I thought sticking to our normal routine would encourage the girls to just go to sleep, and all would be well....)
8:30 p.m. Both girls are still wide awake and pretty cheesed that they are still in bed (i.e. they were both screaming)
9:00 p.m. So Tessa can get to sleep, Lily is hauled off for a regrouping, and an ice cream cone (talk about rewarding the bad behavior!)
9:30 p.m. Back home, Lily has been drilled on what is happening next - BED - but resisting mightily
10:00 p.m. Lily is still running around
10:30 p.m. Lily FINALLY decides she's ready for bed
11:00 p.m. Wow and I crash
Now at this point, I would have been fine, but my Tess has been a very light sleeper. Every time Lily rolled over, Tess would break into sobs and wails. I got up a few times and got her to fall back asleep, but by 2:00 a.m., she was done. I took Tess and we went downstairs. All the lights were on, and my brother-in-law was asleep on the couch. I booted him upstairs, and a few minutes later, I heard Benji start crying.
2:30 a.m. Benji is still crying and he and Mary join Tess and I in the living room
3:00 a.m. Benji is convinced it is play time and Mary ends up taking him for a drive to see if she can get him to sleep
3:02 a.m. Lily wakes up screaming
3:10 a.m. Seuao and Lily show up in the living room
3:45 a.m. Lily is still awake, but decides that her bed upstairs would be better, so and and I go upstairs while Tessa and Wow hold the fort down in the living room
5:00 a.m. Mary returns - Benji is still awake!
6:00 a.m. Lily wakes back up, ready for her day!
It was a long long long long long long long long long long night.......
Seriously - I don't know if we can do overnighters in Logan anymore! I don't know what to do! Any advice? Anyone? Anyone???
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Resigned to Day-Trips
Posted by Rachael at 3:17 PM
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I feel your pain! My kids are just barely old enough for us to threaten them back into bed, but we still can't make them sleep in beds other than their own.
I can't tell you how many sleepless nights we've spent in hotels, at Grandma and Grandpa's and even at one of my sisters' houses! We once packed up our tent and camping gear and drove home from somewhere in the wilderness of southern Utah at 3am because Chloe wouldn't stop screaming!
What a nightmare! Is there a cure-all for it? The best I can come up with is run them absolutely ragged during the day so they're exhausted by bedtime and have no energy left to resist. So sorry about the horrible night. Nothing worse than sleep deprivation!!
BENADRYL
Don't ask me. We are in New Mexico right now and are recovering from a pretty awful night too.
:( I say let's go for drugs.
That sounds so terrible because we know we have all been there. When we all go to my parents cabin I just know that a lot of sleep in the night is usually not in the plans for me!
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