“Upper night” as Owen says. He woke up at eleven o’clock and that was that. There was a lot of noise last night or maybe it was his brain not letting him rest because he knew he was supposed to go to his grandma’s house today. I’m not sure but we both were a little frazzled all day.
I had just fallen asleep and was in that state that you aren’t completely asleep yet. He came to me wanting to go to his grandma’s house. I tried everything to get him back to sleep but he was on a mission. I caught a few minutes of sleep between the times he came to me to say it was time for us to go to Grandma’s house. I tried to explain she was sleeping but that did not work.
There was a lot of noise last night so maybe that woke him so early. Not sure why last night. I know Fridays are usually early but that was no sleep at all. I’m trying to get him to understand how the clock works so that it might help when he wakes up but it’s still a process.
I asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he told me “Corn juice.” I said, “Do you mean orange juice” and he said, “No blueberries.” He went through about ten more things including “pancake fork pancake with a fork and knife chicken fish waffle.” He then decided he wanted “chicken sticks not nuggets” and he ate them all.
In a short amount of time, he asked me about all his days ahead, repeatedly. He was sleepy but he wouldn’t give in to a nap. He was very focused on his day but I told him that if we didn’t sleep at all then he couldn’t go to grandma’s house.
He played his trumpet but he doesn’t have the power or understanding of how to play it yet. He thinks it is like how he does it with the harmonica but for now, I know he is just happy to have it. He wanted to know where his drums were when he was playing it.
He has a busy week ahead. Sunday church, Monday therapies, Tuesday dentist, Wednesday therapy, Thursday therapy, and Friday no sleep will be back on the agenda. I went through the week with him hoping it would help him know he has a full schedule. I said, what would you like to do on Friday? He said, “Go to Dollar General and get snacks.” Then he said, “No no no.” It is hard for him to think through doing anything else on days that he wants to prepare for the days ahead.
He fell asleep so quickly but he lasted all day at pretty much full strength. Me not so much. Tomorrow he is ready for “church church church.” Me too.
We laughed, we cried, and we had a lot of great moments through our exhaustion and not too many meltdowns. Each day take your victory lap and know that you can do it. Smiles to all and donut daze!
I had just fallen asleep and was in that state that you aren’t completely asleep yet. He came to me wanting to go to his grandma’s house. I tried everything to get him back to sleep but he was on a mission. I caught a few minutes of sleep between the times he came to me to say it was time for us to go to Grandma’s house. I tried to explain she was sleeping but that did not work.
There was a lot of noise last night so maybe that woke him so early. Not sure why last night. I know Fridays are usually early but that was no sleep at all. I’m trying to get him to understand how the clock works so that it might help when he wakes up but it’s still a process.
I asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he told me “Corn juice.” I said, “Do you mean orange juice” and he said, “No blueberries.” He went through about ten more things including “pancake fork pancake with a fork and knife chicken fish waffle.” He then decided he wanted “chicken sticks not nuggets” and he ate them all.
In a short amount of time, he asked me about all his days ahead, repeatedly. He was sleepy but he wouldn’t give in to a nap. He was very focused on his day but I told him that if we didn’t sleep at all then he couldn’t go to grandma’s house.
He played his trumpet but he doesn’t have the power or understanding of how to play it yet. He thinks it is like how he does it with the harmonica but for now, I know he is just happy to have it. He wanted to know where his drums were when he was playing it.
He has a busy week ahead. Sunday church, Monday therapies, Tuesday dentist, Wednesday therapy, Thursday therapy, and Friday no sleep will be back on the agenda. I went through the week with him hoping it would help him know he has a full schedule. I said, what would you like to do on Friday? He said, “Go to Dollar General and get snacks.” Then he said, “No no no.” It is hard for him to think through doing anything else on days that he wants to prepare for the days ahead.
He fell asleep so quickly but he lasted all day at pretty much full strength. Me not so much. Tomorrow he is ready for “church church church.” Me too.
We laughed, we cried, and we had a lot of great moments through our exhaustion and not too many meltdowns. Each day take your victory lap and know that you can do it. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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