As always, we had a BUSY weekend. I really should have split up our Easter festivities over two days, but I had too much going on Saturday to fit anything else in. I had an overdue oil change scheduled, shopping to do and a date night with Travis. I had a coupon to Babies R Us and a play mat that I needed to exchange, so I took the opportunity to buy a new stroller/car seat combo for Mila. A friend accidentally broke the handle on Aiden's stroller and his car seat was getting kind of old. Travis and I agreed that we would feel better getting a new set.
I'm having a hard time flipping over to the girl mind set for baby stuff. I actually felt guilty buying a stroller with pink on it. Partially because I know Travis will be pushing it from time to time. He didn't seem too worried about the pink though. I settled on a newer version of the one we had for Aiden and honestly I can't wait to pull it out of the box! I also bought a few other items while at the store (bottle drying rack abd plush elephant). I couldn't believe my entire spending was under $200 between the coupon and gift exchange. Very exciting.
After the oil change I went to Target to buy Easter goodies for the family (Aiden, Ariel, Robert and Travis). I made sure to get a few extras for myself. My current fave are Peepsters, by the makers of Peeps. YUMMMM. I also bought some pants and more muslin blankets for Mila (PERFECT for swaddling). We seem to have a shortage of bottoms for that girl and I don't want her running around half naked! And I would reuse Aiden's muslin blankets, except he still sleeps with him. I don't want to take everything from him to give to the baby.
When I got home, I went through more baby stuff in the garage and then got ready for date night with Travis. A friend at work gave us a gift card to Willie G's to promote one last date before the baby comes. Since that restaurant is in Galveston, we left Aiden with Sue and headed off child-free. It's always so funny going out without a kid. When we were at dinner before seeing Pauly Shore a few weeks ago we sat down at the table. We both announced to each other that we needed to wee before we got food and Travis told me I could go first. I was about to tell him, no you go first, when I realized, "Why do we have to take turns? There's no kid for us to stay at the table with! We can pee at the SAME TIME." Funny how parenting changes your way of life.
So, feeling like I was forgetting something, we made our way to Ariel's. We left Mr. Lion there by accident on Friday and Aiden ALWAYS sleeps with him. He woke up three times Friday night before waking up for the day at 6:30 and I wasn't up for another night of that.
Dinner was great. We sat outside and enjoyed the water and making fun of all the sunburnt tourists. We both ate seafood and we shared a giant caprese salad. I even ordered a glass of wine. That's the very first time I've imbibed alcohol in public while pregnant. While my doctor assured me that one glass every now and then is fine, strangers tend not to agree. I didn't really care that night. The hot weather, combined with seafood, made a glass of cool white wine sound greatly appealing. Travis had to finish it for me though. Ha!
We were going to get dessert there, but nothing sounded very good. Instead, we walked a couple blocks to the Nestle Toll House Cafe for cookies and ice cream. OMG that place is amazing. I told a friend we went there and she said she'd never been, but she did gain five pounds when she walked by it once. I'd probably worry more if I weren't pregnant and still within the proper weight limits. You really can't top a chocolate chip cookie covered in vanilla ice cream, fudge and nuts. I'm so glad we live in a time when we can afford chocolate.
We sat with Sue for a little while before we took Aiden home. I was thankful when he went straight to sleep when we got home. He hasn't been sleeping that well lately, so I really appreciated Sue wearing him out for us.
Seriously though, he FIGHTS going to sleep. We put him down between 8 and 8:30 every night and he usually gets out of bed constantly until 10 pm when we go to bed. And then he wakes up between 4:30 and 5 every morning. That's only 6.5-7 hours per night! It's not enough for me, so I can't imagine it's enough for a two year old. What the deuce?? Does anyone have any advice on this situation? I'm seriously contemplating giving him Benadryl. Or maybe even melatonin every now and again so I can get ONE good night of sleep periodically. But drugging him freaks me out a bit. I should call the pediatrician and see what she thinks.
Problem is I wouldn't get a GOOD night's sleep even without him waking me up constantly since I get up 1-3 times to pee. I decided last night we are going to start shutting our cat Phage out at night. He jumps on and off the bed frequently and it wakes me up each time. When he jumps up, the jostle wakes me. When he jumps off, the sound of him hitting the floor makes me wonder if Aiden is up walking around. And by "walking around" I mean jumping off his dresser like he does from time to time (without my approval, of course).
I really hope to sleep someday...
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I think what Aiden is going through is just a little bit of stress about Mila. I have heard a lot of parents say this same thing happened to them right before their second baby arrived...Logan did it too. I think they somehow know that a baby is about to arrive and they want to be a part of the action. They want to make sure they aren't missing anything.
Also, you may want to check with the daycare. If he isn't sleeping much at night, he may be taking a longer nap during the day. Even if he isn't, you might ask if they can wake him up 15 - 20 minutes early, so that he will be ready for bed and try to get him back on track.
The only other thing I can say, it may just be a matter of him getting older and wanting to be more stubborn. It may just be an issue of pushing boundaries. The older my kids get, the later they want to stay up. OR...it could be all of these things combined.
As for getting some sleep...maybe you could leave Aiden with Travis, and stay the night at Ariel's by yourself...LOL
I keep wondering if it's relate to Mila coming. I already checked with daycare and he sleeps the allotted two hours just like he does at home on the weekends. I have tried waking him up early, but then he's just horribly cranky. I'm not sure that's worth it.
Perhaps it's just his stubborn ways. I dunno. Last night we had a long talk about the rules for bed time and waking up. I kept comparing it to the rules at daycare and that seemed to work really well. He only got up once after we set goodnight and he didn't wake until 6:30 this morning! We're going to do the same thing tonight and hopefully it will work. It may have just been fluke good luck. ???
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