Say a little prayer for a better sleep for me guys.
2 hours sleep last night.
Youngest up at 3am roaring with sore teeth and a blocked/runny nose.
Would not settle. Joined by the other fella at 5am, not unusual for him to be up around then and being mad for road. Managed to persuade him to stay in bed beyond 6am by telling him there were big monsters downstairs.
They slept in the car for 2hrs 30mins then from 10.30am. We drove to Raheny, Baldoyle, Portmarnock (Aventura Cafe stop off cc @Fagan_ODowd), Malahide and back down the Malahide Road all the way to Fairview. Into town across then onto Pearse Street out to Sandymount, into Blackrock (Mint drive thru coffee stop at Stradbook cc @gilgamboa), Monkstown and Dun Laoighaire. Back north then but in along the Merrion Road this time through Ballsbridge and across the river at Tara Street. Both still asleep so went through Clontarf out along the coast through Sutton and into Howth, back down to Sutton, over to Baldoyle, back up to Portmarnock and around the bend into Malahide again. That reminds me, I must log a celebrity spot of Minister for Housing Darragh OāBrien out walking in Malahide. Back down the Malahide Road again and home to Dublin 5.
Nice tactic on the monsters pal. I would have a slight concern that will backfire in a year or so when instead of heading downstairs on his own to watch telly he will need you to get up with him at 6 am until he is about 12 to face into the monsters
Also, where was your life partner in all of the aboveā¦ Were you letting her have a sleep through it all?
You seem to be constantly where we were about six months ago. Think the ages are right for that too.
Had that during the February Lockdown and tried to get power naps in during the day when Croppy Junior Junior was napping, Croppy Juniorthought it was more fun to play Boo! when I closed my eyes though.
Hold tight, it was a rough three months but now weāre putting them down by 7.30pm and heating little or nothing until 6.30am. You wonāt know yourself in no time.
But sure itās a complete chicken and egg disaster of a situation. Heād been up since around 5 yesterday and only got 8 hours sleep or so. Alright for us but 2/3 year olds need 12 hours according to my sources. Then heās like a demon child because heās so overtired so you need to get him some sleep during the day, like the car nap. Weāve found that he wakes up 5am with or without a nap the day before (heās effectively given it up for the last good few months but only gets one when heās like he was yesterday) and whether heās asleep early or late at night. Hopefully it resolves itself soon, thanks for offering some hope @croppy_boy. But I feel like Iām explaining and losing here.
Youāve about two more years mate. As soon as heās old enough to go downstairs and put the telly on youāre life opens up again.
My lad was afraid of the monsters alright. We used laugh on a Saturday morning when heād go into his three year old sister and wake her up to go downstairs first.
āMxxxx, mxxxxx, do you want to watch telly?ā
You need to get into a routine, pal. Weāre complete slaves to it but itās generally lights out from 7.30pm to 6.30am in our house. Thereās nothing like the feeling of opening a can of Wicklow Wolf when theyāre both out for the count.
@Bandage if heās waking that early then just cut the nap out and deal with the overtiredness. Or let him have no more than 20 mins of a nap during the day. Youāll be thanking me within a week
You need to get @Rocko to pop by for an overnight bringing a monster suit from the costume shop. When Bando Jnr surfaces bring him down and have Rocko frighten the shite out of him. Heāll stay in the bed Iād wager. As soon as he gets into a comfortable pattern you can tell him it was all a set-up, you wouldnāt want the lad to be afraid of Rocko.
I see I have not read the last 1050 or so posts since 9 months ago. It struck that was an appropriate interval to ask if I missed any 50-like announcements for new babbys?
