Another Crazy Night

We've had some crazy nights at our house lately. Peter has taken to waking up in the middle of the night and just deciding that he's done sleeping. He does this every few nights. He'll cry if we leave him in there, but if we go in his room and sit with him in the chair, he's as happy as can be. We've pretty much ruled out any physical issues because he's fine as long as we're in there, and he's totally himself during the day as well. We also tried a night light, but that hasn't helped much either.

Last night he woke up around 12:30. After checking to make sure he was ok and had his pacifier, we just let him cry for a while. We finally decided that having 5 people awake didn't sound like a great idea, so I went and sat with him in the chair for a bit. A short time later I heard Casey's fire pager go off and he left. After listening to Peter chat with me for a while, I decided he was fine and that he was just going to have to get himself back to sleep. I put him back in his crib and headed back to bed.

A few minutes later Esther was calling for me. She had soaked through her pull-up and had a soaked bed. I changed her and sent her to our (empty) bed while I changed her bedding. I decided just to put it in the wash right away (our laundry is upstairs) thinking that some extra "white noise" might be helpful for drowning out Peter. I decided to just let Esther stay in our bed for a while since there was no way she was going to be able to fall back to sleep in her room, which is right across from Peter's. Even in our room way down the hall it was loud!

Around 2:08 it got quiet. At 2:09 he started up again. At 2:14 he stopped for good. I took Esther back to her room around 2:25, and got back in bed just before Casey got home. We decided that since he would have been up for a couple of hours in the night anyway, at least this way he got paid for it!

The amazing thing is that sweet Miriam, our amazing baby, slept through everything. In fact, she slept from 10 pm until 6:30 am this morning, which is the longest she's ever slept! We are pretty sure she is God's gift to keep us sane at this point!

This is what happens to a 2 year old little boy who is awake for two hours during the night and then also decides not to take a nap the next day! I was getting dinner ready and the kids were watching a video, and suddenly Esther said, "Peter's sleeping!" I walked in the living room, saw this, and just started laughing! We're hoping for a much better night tonight!