Soren

Soren has occupied much of our energies as of late. Well, let's be honest, for the last year or so. And that would go for anyone in this family during the span of 18 months-3 years. But he is such an enthusiastic and good little boy. He was having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep through the night for awhile and we were using all sorts of ineffective, desperate methods (like, letting him fall asleep while watching a movie in his bed! Or letting him watch more of a movie when he woke up at 2am to get him back to sleep!). He was also having issues with the wall by his bed, like he was afraid of a smudge or anything that looked like dirt (or a spider?) on his wall, so for awhile he was sleeping on the floor or with the bed in the middle of the room. SO, I finally made some big changes all at once. I took out the tv., got him some Thomas the Train appliques to put on his wall and a little rocket night light. I had recently also bought real bedding (he had these little blankets barely covering him for awhile!!), so everything was all situated and fun (and I did it with him, he helped stick the trains on the wall, etc). He was SO excited about his room when we were finished. We went back to having a consistent routine, reading two books, saying prayers, singing a song while having his back scratched, then goodnight. He now for the most part stays in his bed and sleeps through the night again. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! It's funny how we let things drag on because we're too tired or out of it to just buckle down and make the change or come up with a plan or routine. It takes effort, but much less in the long run compared to the exhausted attempts at 3am and the progressive loss of sanity that ensues... Now on to a bunch of other unorganized household and ineffective parenting stuff....