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!!
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