Daddy Is Tired

I know I shouldn’t tell you this, much less even think it, but I feel like I need to let someone know.  And who better to tell than the tens of people who read this blog!  So here goes.

I think my daughter’s sleep issues are beginning to get a little better.

Okay, it’s out there.  Please hang on while I go knock on every piece of wood in the building.  I’ll be right back.

Are you still here?  Good.  As you may or may not know, our daughter has had SERIOUS sleep issues for months.  I’m not exaggerating when I say that bedtime was a disaster every night.  She’d bounce out of bed every 2 minutes and camp out in the bathroom for up to 45 minutes (at which point we’d put her back to bed).  She’d wake several times crying, and would finally wake in the morning crying.  And heaven forbid we actually try and leave her room after consoling her.  She’d convulse on the bed and panic like you’ve never seen.

After finding out what she’d been hearing at school we were able to help a little, but not a lot.  After the teacher issue was resolved (the teacher is no longer there), things didn’t get that much better right away (we didn’t expect them to).

But this past week bedtimes have been better.  Although she has her OCDesque routines, there hasn’t been the panic we saw before.  There’s been no begging for us to stay.  And just as important, she hasn’t been waking us up most nights.  When she does get up, she goes to the bathroom and gets back in bed quietly…and stays quiet in the morning when she gets up.  Which has been later than she’s EVER gotten up before (often after 6).

She’s also telling us a little about her days at school, and if we prod her a bit, she’ll speak a little Spanish.  We haven’t been able to get her to do either of those things in a long time, so we’re really excited to see the changes.

Of course she’s not completely “cured,” and I’m sure we’ll have setbacks (after this we’re guaranteed to have one tonight), but I’m so happy to see progress.  The extra sleep is helping all of us deal with life more calmly, and it’s so good to finally see her talking about school, even if it’s just a little bit.

Now, I’m going to go knock on wood until I go to bed tonight.

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