My little Sophie, my crazy girl, has actually been a terrifically consistent sleeper since she was about 15 months old. (Before that, not so much. But after 15 months? Golden.)
Until this past week. All of a suddenly she is screaming and crying at night, and when Bobby or I go to talk to her, she tries to get out of her bedroom door and run to ours. This is all new and befuddling to us. I mean, 4 or 5 months since we finally got Joshua to stay in his own bed, and now we’ve got to get Sophie back to sleeping soundly in hers. (Because fer realzies, there is going to be a baby in a bassinet in our room in 3.5 months!) For the past several days, Bobby has been taking one for the team and has been sleeping in her room much of the night, sneaking out when he can, going back when she wakes up calling for us again. Because, with my myriad sleeping problems, I really cannot sleep at all if I’m in her bed. And with the constant sleep interruptions, I have a lot of trouble falling back asleep – which is why I’m writing this at 4:22 a.m.
Sophie’s had a cold the past few days – coincidence or not? She acts totally fine during the day, just has had a runny nose and cough. Is that it? Illness has disturbed her sleep before, but never for this long. Or is she experiencing some sort of night time separation anxiety? She does great when I drop her off at preschool, but maybe her nervousness about it all is coming out at night?
I have no idea. But I am exhausted, and my husband is half-dead (and has Sophie’s cold) after a week of this. So, any advice? What should we do to get Sophie’s bedtimes and nights back on track? I could use some advice!!
Speaking of advice, I’m Co-hosting a chat with some other great bloggers on The Motherhood.com today at noon EST. The Topic is “Best Advice for New Moms” – I’d love it if you’d join us! (I hope to get some good advice myself. I feel like a new mom all over again with this baby since Sophie will be FOUR when he is born!) All you have to do is log in to the Motherhood.com and then go here. It’s just a text chat, simply refresh the page to see the latest conversation.
But before that, please help a sister out – back to my Sophie sleeping problem – what should I do?
