Shane was only down for an hour before he woke up crying. I just got down from comforting him and laying him back to sleep. This morning, he was up at 4:30. Carrie ended up laying with him on her chest downstairs at 6 AM when we couldn't get him to stay asleep for more than a 5 minute stretch. Shane would rest quietly laying on either of our chests, but the moment we thought he was asleep and tried to move him the boo hoos kicked in again.
On Monday and Tuesday, Shane refused to go to bed until after 9 PM and both times I didn't leave his room until after 9:30 PM. I don't know if this is a manifestation of separation anxiety or my son desperately trying to fend off sleep. Either way, I envy Carrie's ability to sleep through the crying. In the beginning, Shane couldn't breathe without waking her up. Now, she can sleep through anything except an "I'm hurt" cry (which she usually hurts me when she bolts out of bed in Protective Mother mode). She hasn't been feeling well this week so she's been going to bed way early. She was down at 7:30 PM on Monday and before Shane the rest of the week. Yesterday, she managed to fall asleep while I put Shane down but then woke up when I checked on her. She then fell back asleep 15 minutes later leaning against me.
Why am I still awake? I'm a momentum kind of guy. Once I'm awake, I try to stay awake and postpone sleep. Once I'm asleep, I don't want to wake up. My no later than 11:00 PM bed time is coming up though, so I'm going to force myself to go try in a few minutes.
But hey, it's a three day weekend! Maybe Shane'll sleep in since he's already had his wake-up call for the night.
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