Mardi Gras = Pancake Tuesday!

Today is the one day of the year that we have pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon for dinner. It's Pancake Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. I can't believe how early it is this year ... means Easter will also be early! I remember a few years back when I forgot while grocery shopping to grab pancake mix {still have to find  a go to recipe I can make from scratch}, and on pancake Tuesday off I went to the grocery store after work to grab what I needed. The only problem was they were  sold out of both the Aunt Jemima pancake mix and the generic brands {insert pouty face} and I ended up having to go to about 3 stores before I found it.  I guess everyone was doing the same thing as me. Well let me just say ... lesson learnt and I have not forgotten ever since.

On another note I also wanted to blog about an issue we have been having with Hugo. Up to about 3 weeks ago, Hugo kept waking up at least once throughout the night. Not sure what the culprit was - teeth {he's been teething non-stop since the summer}, hungry, pain, who knows, but it was waking him up and preventing him from falling back asleep. This was going on for months. I don't remember a day were he would sleep throughout the night consecutively {there was just the odd day once in a blue moon}.   To be honest I couldn't remember the last time I slept through the night without having to get up with Hugo at least once throughout the night {I can't sleep through the night, my ears are always listening for strange sounds coming from my sons room -- I'm a mother and I want to protect him 24/7}. But to just have a few days were I didn't have to get out of bed throughout the night, would be so nice, especially for my head. I'm a migraine sufferer and the interrupted sleep sure does take a toll on my head and my body. Don't get me wrong, I'm a mother and it's part of my job -- the nightly wake ups and I would not change it for the life of me.  

 

On January 18, 2013, {one of my most challenging days as a Mother to date, if I may say so}, Hugo woke up just before 4:30 a.m.. He was wide awake and wanting out of bed.  I got up with him, did my usual thing and then put him back to bed. BUT he refused to go back to bed and stayed up until 9:00 a.m., when I was finally able to put him down  for his nap {insert tears}.  Byron was on the afternoon shift this day, but was called into work earlier, so it was just a grumpy Hugo, Roxy and me. Somehow we got through the day and by 10:00 p.m. I was done and ready for bed {with a major headache} and off to bed I went. At 11:00 p.m. Hugo woke up again crying. I still had a massive headache and thank goodness Byron was home {and still up} he went and checked on him and managed to get him back to bed and he slept through the entire night {Wow}. After  our January 18th episode, Hugo started to sleep through the night {some good came of the whole episode}. We figured out that if we gave him a light snack and a bottle of milk before bed, it seemed to hold him off for the entire night ... what a miracle! We thought YEAH, Hugo is now going to start sleeping through the night ... there's a light at the end of the tunnel .... NOT!!

This only lasted for a couple weeks. As of mid last week (February 7, 2013), he is back to waking up throughout the night again {insert super sad face}. Now, he wakes up more often and stays awake for awhile crying before he falls back asleep.  I just wish I knew what was going on so I could fix it, but for as long as this may continue I will ...

 

If you have any suggestions on any solutions please share it with us in the comments section. I would love to read it!!