night waking 😭

I get daily emails from a site called, What to Expect. They sent one about kids waking in the middle of the night probably 8 times. I kept deleting this one because we had no signs of Lennox waking up in the middle of the night. Until he did. And he hasn’t stopped. For almost three weeks. 😳 I may FINALLY have a handle on this. Fingers crossed. Anyway, I liked what they have to say and pasted an expert below. It makes sense.

“Toddlers need 11 to 14 hours of sleep every day, but that doesn’t mean they’ll hit the sack at 7:00 p.m. and not stir again until morning. Even if your toddler has been sleeping through the night in her own crib or bed for months, she may enter a stage where she starts waking up once, twice (do I hear three times?) and cries until you lull her back to sleep. Night waking is very normal for toddlers — and very common (just look at all the bleary-eyed parents of toddlers at the playground). Like any other unwanted behavior, though, this sleep habit will run its course given time and your patience (a lot of it!).”

So it’s not the best of news, but it does help me to understand what Lennox is going thru right now. He started out by wanting to sleep in mommy and daddy’s bed. Once he understood that our bed is for us and his bed is for him, he started to give up on that negotiation. Well, now he’s been asking for a bigger bed. “I want a bed that looks like mommy and daddy’s.” Well little does he know it’s going to be years before he gets a king size bed,🤪 but I do understand what he’s asking me.

At 430am last night I was at my wits end. Lennox was inconsolable. I was emotional, and I was upset that I was emotional and he was upset because he knew I was frustrated. It was a mess. Bleary-eyed, I was in search of a wrench. Hubby was oot so I had to figure out how to turn his crib into his toddler bed solo. I did it. It was easy actually. I’ve been dreading this transition, but somehow the blow wasn’t present because there was so much other drama surrounding this situation. I guess it’s for the best. Sometimes my heart just feels way too much. Being ok with this transition to a big boy bed, realizing that my baby is a big boy now is a hard pill to swallow, but it’s ok. I’m ok…

Well, dare I say it? Lennox is sleeping. I must go to sleep now! Thank you for reading this. I know so many of you feel my pain, or WILL feel my pain when your kiddo goes thru something similar- sorry, but I must be honest. 😲

Ok, time to close my eyes.

Xoxo