When I say, "absence of bottle," popular to contrary belief, I do not mean vodka. As hard as it is having Tim gone ALL of the time, I have not turned to drinking!
As you all know, Tim works A LOT. As most of you know, he works out of town A LOT. This is rough, because I miss him of course, but I also struggle taking the kids to work with me all of the time, and then coming home to take care of them some more, while cooking and cleaning, and all of that fun stuff. Well, I have finally found a reason to be thankful for his absence!
As some of you know, (man I sure can sound redundant) Holden has "issues" with sleeping. His main issue being, LACK OF sleeping. Tim and I had been going crazy for some time,until we finally broke down, and allowed Holden to have a bottle of water at bed time, ....and nap time. Basically, any time he needed sleep. This worked great in getting him to sleep. It, however, does not keep him asleep. The combination of getting up every three hours to give him more water, changing his wet jammers, and washing three pairs of jammers a day; has made me come to the conclusion that the bottle MUST go!
Now, Tim and I have struggled with this daunting task in the past, but the all night scream fests, just aren't conducive to Tim's early hours, and long work days. So, this week, I decided to take advantage of Tims' absence, and let the scream fest begin.
The bad news, is Holden and I have been exhausted these past few days. The good news is, IT WORKED. After a couple nights of screaming, Holden can now fall asleep without it. And I am also happy to report, he can stay asleep too!
As you all know, Tim works A LOT. As most of you know, he works out of town A LOT. This is rough, because I miss him of course, but I also struggle taking the kids to work with me all of the time, and then coming home to take care of them some more, while cooking and cleaning, and all of that fun stuff. Well, I have finally found a reason to be thankful for his absence!
As some of you know, (man I sure can sound redundant) Holden has "issues" with sleeping. His main issue being, LACK OF sleeping. Tim and I had been going crazy for some time,until we finally broke down, and allowed Holden to have a bottle of water at bed time, ....and nap time. Basically, any time he needed sleep. This worked great in getting him to sleep. It, however, does not keep him asleep. The combination of getting up every three hours to give him more water, changing his wet jammers, and washing three pairs of jammers a day; has made me come to the conclusion that the bottle MUST go!
Now, Tim and I have struggled with this daunting task in the past, but the all night scream fests, just aren't conducive to Tim's early hours, and long work days. So, this week, I decided to take advantage of Tims' absence, and let the scream fest begin.
The bad news, is Holden and I have been exhausted these past few days. The good news is, IT WORKED. After a couple nights of screaming, Holden can now fall asleep without it. And I am also happy to report, he can stay asleep too!
1 comment:
congrats katie Jo, I am so glad for you. It is nice to get a full night sleep :)
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