Oh, what a night . . . the first night we tried having the two children go to sleep in the same bed, but Kayleigh wouldn’t leave Jonathan alone, so we ended up splitting them up as we always have in the past. But we did get some sleep.
Last night Kayleigh went to sleep all right around 8:30 p.m., but Jonathan managed to keep himself awake until past midnight. I was in bed with Kayleigh by 12:30 a.m., but she woke up when I came to bed and didn’t go back to sleep—squirmy, asking for water, just generally completely totally annoying. Then she started up with a cry just past 4 a.m., so I took her to the toilet, where she promptly threw up. Not what I was expecting! Dale heard, since he hadn’t been getting any sleep with Jonathan either, and came to help. She didn’t really have anything in her tummy other than water, but it’s been going all morning long. Right now it’s been two hours since she last went, which is the longest stretch—hopefully we’re through it. I got up with her about 7:15 this morning, since I couldn’t sleep any more (too afraid I’d wake up to her throwing up on me), and sat in Joy’s chair out here in the lounge. It’s actually been quite a nice morning, as Joy made me coffee and even did me bacon and eggs for breakfast. I ate it all in the chair feeling like a queen. In between being served, I read one of my library books. Except for Kayleigh’s affliction, it wasn’t a bad way to spend a morning.
So, fingers crossed, everyone. Our little ootchie needs to be running around again soon with that mischievous gleam in her eye! (And spare a thought for her poor tired parents too.)
Posted by elizabeth at July 4, 2008 06:56 AMPoor all of you - hope it has resolved by the time you read this.
Posted by: Cynthia on July 4, 2008 10:40 AM