Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Sleepless Nights

On top of everything that is going on with packing and trying to do last minute things like get our shots updated, take family pictures and have some final meals with friends to just name a few -- Keely is having trouble sleeping. In the past two or three months, Keely has at least one night a week that she wakes up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep. That is one of the biggest reasons Jordan moved out, because after Jordan gets woken up she can't get back to sleep with Keely's tossing and turning and singing and talking and whatever else she does in the dark when she can't sleep. Unfortunatley, on those nights when she first wakes up it is normally because she is scared and so her crying at the door for us still wakes up Jordan. Monday night was one of those nights. Keely wakes up scared and uses the restroom. She calms down and we all go back to our own beds (after Jordan is soothed for a minute or so too). Then awhile goes by and Keely calls out again and it all starts over. Awhile after that she comes in our room and gets in our bed...and stirs Jordan who hasn't gotten back to sleep yet...and it all starts again. As most of these nights end, Jacob ends up in Keely's bed. This night was one of the roughest, because Jacob doesn't think she fell back to asleep until close to 6 (she woke up at 1:30) and then woke up at 7. (Jordan and I finally fell back to sleep around 3:30 but she does thankfully sooth herself in her own bed-- I just kenw that was when she stopped stirring). THEN she refused to take a nap because it was scary!! The poor thing was exhausted by bedtime. The irony of the whole thing is that this is the child that started sleeping through the night at 5 weeks and now at almost 3 has trouble sleeping through the night! We did get her a night light (even though when she was a baby, the minute I took the night light out she slept through the night) and that has helped her to fall asleep initally better. It just doesn't help nights like this. Has anyone every experienced this? Anyone have any ideas how to help her? Do you think it's just all of the transition? We've been in transition since August!! Thank you for any insight anyone has!!

2 comments:

  1. Aashini is a bad sleeper - I have no advice... I hope you get all transitioned and sleeping good soon!!!!

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  2. A regular bedtime routine centered around a time of prayer where she asks God to help her sleep. --J

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