Sleep

…or lack thereof, lately. Like so many times in the past, the boys had been sleeping great – going to bed on time, sleeping mostly through the night & getting up around 6 AM. So you know when things are going good that they’re going to make a change for the worse at some point, you just never know when.

Two weeks ago the boys started waking up early; I mean early-early! They would be up & awake for the day anywhere between 4:15-4:45 AM. (Nothing in our bedtime routine had changed!) They continued the 4:45 AM wake-up through that entire weekend but then got back to around 5:15-5:30 AM that following week & have been up around that time ever since. It is tiring. They don’t wake up happy either, like they used to, they wake up crying and don’t want to go back down. I’ve pushed bedtime forward & backward to see if anything will affect their wake-up time and so far I haven’t seen any change.

Additionally this week, Wyatt has decided to throw us for another loop sleep-wise. He doesn’t want to sleep in his crib – he cries; he wants to sleep in the pack ‘n play that is set up in their playroom next door. Who knows? He started Monday night where he would just cry if you put him in his crib (& not settle down) but after explaining multiple times that it was night time & he had no other choices and needed to lie down, he settled for lying down in the playroom in the pack ‘n play. He naps in there on the weekends (we nap them separately). They had both been doing so well at bedtime. They were going down without a fuss & talking/chatting with each other after lights were out, falling asleep within 5-15 minutes.

I hope this is just a phase for both things & we get back to “normal” again…...soon!!