As we continue to work on Henry's night-time sleeping habits; James has started to exhibit some peculiar behavior himself. Seriously, is it something I am feeding these kids? Or is it truly a conspiracy to see how many nights in a row they can deprive me of my much needed ZZZZs before I have a nervous break-down???
As per a friend's recommendation, I have been using the Ferber Method with Henry and his sleep has improved dramatically. However, James has now become an issue. Within the past two weeks he has: woken up to use the bathroom (and peed all over the floor and himself due to not opening the lid), been sleepwalking (down the stairs on two occasions), and one night walked into the master bedroom and passed out face-down on the carpet next to our bed. There have also been a few instances where I have woken-up to James sleeping next to me. I was likely so exhausted that I didn't even notice that he crawled into bed in the middle of the night.
Sooooooo, two nights ago I had a long talk with James. We covered the following items: 1.) Use the bathroom RIGHT before bed 2.) No getting into my bed. I also decided that we better start locking the gate at the top of the stairwell to avoid any sleep-walking injuries.
The night of our talk, I was awoken by a bleary eyed James standing by the side of our bed. It was really quite creepy, as I am not certain how long he had been standing there prior to me waking up. However, upon me asking what he needed......he proudly replied, "Mom, I am not in your bed!" I truly don't know what to do at this point, but I am thinking we need to bump bedtime up a bit. Now that the days are getting shorter, this should be much easier to accomplish.
Sleep training round 2, pour me some coffee!
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