The last week or so suddenly sleep has become a big issue in our household again. I'm starting to realise how much I take Josiah's good sleep for granted. For me, having to try for half hour to get him to sleep only to give up and attempt another nap an hour later seems a huge deal and is really frustrating. I forget that for a lot of parents it is just a normal day in their household. I am very blessed to have a child who takes a nap for an hour just after breakfast so I can get dressed and do chores and then sleeps for an hour or two around lunch giving me time to eat in peace. When he suddenly stopped sleeping I got really fed up of being stuck at home spending the entire day (or so it felt) trying to get him to sleep. I got nothing done and lived in my pyjamas for days on end cos he never stayed asleep long enough for me to shower and get dressed. I felt gross, stressed and a little resentful. Then it dawned on me just how much is going on in Josiah's life right now. He's learned so much recently he must be buzzing and, like a student revising for a test or someone preparing for a big event, he must find it really difficult to switch off and sleep.
In the past 2-3 weeks he has learnt the following:
1. Rolling over in both directions
2. Drinking from a sippy cup
3. How to say Dadadada (as well as a variety of other new sounds)
4. Turning the pages and lifting flaps in books
5. Getting in the correct position to start crawling (no crawling yet though)
6. Relearnt how to drink from a bottle (been so long since he tried he had forgotten but he's mastered it again and now can hold the bottle himself)
7. Using his hands to splash water everywhere in the bath (who knew so little water could cause so much mess?!)
8. Circling his wrists
9. Playing hide and seek (so cute and he thinks it's hilarious)
10. Biting and chewing food
11. Opening mummy's ipad case
12. Turning on the playstation controller
13. Pressing buttons on the TV remote
14. Playing on the swings and holding on properly so we don't lose him! (he giggles and squeals with excitement when you push him higher)
15. Wiggling off the sofa to sit on the floor and reach things he wants on the coffee table
16. Remembering when his favourite bit of a song is coming up and giggling just before you get to it
17. Understanding what light switches do and trying to turn them on as he goes past (not strong enough yet, thankfully)
18. Putting his arms up towards us when we reach out to pick him up
19. Giving kisses (even gave a kiss to someone other than mummy and daddy today and without any prompting either)
20. Taking his bib off
21. Reaching out to hold hands with other kids when playing together
22. Robbing toys off other kids when playing together
23. Putting his feet in his mouth
24. Drinking out of a grown up cup
25. Standing while hold on to furniture
I'm sure there's more but you get the idea - so much to process it's like me trying to fall asleep when I have lists of chores and errands and random thoughts going round my head (i.e near impossible to get to sleep and then you wake up in the middle of the night thinking 'did I remember to.....'). I really need to learn some patience, cut the boy some slack and remember he wants to sleep just as much as I want him to sleep.
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