Just when I let out a sigh of relief and am giddy from getting a full night's sleep, my arrogance comes around and bites me in the butt! A combination of things have happened in the last 3 weeks that made Justin and us revert back to our bad habits.
After Row's return from SA, we both got sick and our coughing duet woke Justin up but we thought that's okay, as long as he's not sick. Oh boy, then Justin fell ill, fever of 39 degrees, coughing, blocked nose and to top it all off, no appetite for food or water. I have not seen Justin this sick! He didn't go to day care on Friday and spent most of Friday, Saturday and Sunday just sleeping and refusing to eat or drink much. For those of you who have spent some time with Justin know that he's just a ball of energy, can't sit still for even a minute, so to see him so lethargic and tired was quite something. That's when the bad habits started again....for us to get a decent night's sleep, Justin was back in our bed...to make things worse, Row still wasn't getting enough sleep so he slept in Justin's bed and Justin slept with me. After about 4 nights of this, we decided to move Justin back to his bed so NOONE got any sleep that night AGAIN!
But sleep has improved since that night. I will not get all arrogant and assume that sleep training is done but at least we're all sleeping in our own beds and managing to get a solid chunk of sleep per night.
Why oh why can sleep never be constant with us? For all other parents out there who have the same problem, we feel for you and welcome any advice you can share with us.
I started this post last week sometime and the new thing now is no afternoon nap! Today is the second day where Justin is quite content to play in his room quietly and not have a nap. Instead of fighting with him and stressing myself out, I have decided to go along with it and let him play in his room. So long as he's not screaming and crying at the gate, I shall leave him in his room and hope he falls asleep.
