No sleep for you!

 I’ve always been jealous of those mommas with kids that can fall asleep at the drop of the hat, and I finally have them!  Unfortunately I now also have those kids that wake up at an ungodly hour each morning – 3:30 to be exact!  Jet lag when you’re an adult travelling with an adult is really not that big of a deal.  Annoying, no doubt, but fairly manageable.  Just pop a little Tylenol PM each night and you’re good to go in a few days. 

With kids in tow, you pop the Tylenol PM and then still get woken up five hours later, only to be groggy in addition to tired.  It hasn’t helped that the boys all have coughs and are sharing a room.  This morning, Reid came in at 4:30am to announce to his completely passed-out parents “I slept a whole hour later than normal!”  While in hindsight it’s pretty exciting, at the time I think I grunted “Back to bed!” and pointed to the door.  After that, I lay awake, wondering how it’s possible for a man to sleep through his own snoring…it’s amazing really! 

Fortunately in the past three nights we’ve had a bit of a breakthrough (besides Reid’s sleeping in a whole hour), as both Riley and Rowan have each slept one whole night through.  You’ve got to celebrate the small stuff!  And really, the jet lag has not come without a few reasons to laugh.  Riley nearly fell asleep at the dinner table last night (the only thing keeping him awake was the prospect of ice cream), and two nights ago had us all in hysterics.  Shortly after putting them to bed, Dave heard Reid raising his voice at Riley.  Apparently Reid and Riley had been talking about something when Riley angered Reid by “not responding to him”.  Convinced Riley was antagonizing his brother, Dave demanded Riley respond.  Then, thinking Riley was being disrespectful to his father, he gave him a nudge to get his attention, only to have Riley roll over with a grunt, dead asleep.  Poor kid…can’t catch a break!  Hopefully my daily rendition of “To-night’s the night, to-niiight, ohhhh!” will actually come true and we’ll all get a full night’s sleep soon.