Once again, the day started off a bit rough. Eli woke up numerous times during the night, and could not be consoled. After a while, he was willing to lie on his stomach on my stomach. He would not let me put him onto his spot in the bed. Each time, he was able to fall asleep on me, but would wake up as soon as I moved him, so we spent a considerable amount of time in this position. Prayer request here would be that Eli would a) sleep through the night, and b) allow Mommy to console him once in a while. We know that this will pass, but it is a little frustrating for Hilary right now, but she is taking it in stride.
We had made arrangements on Wednesday to accompany a family from Winnipeg to the Sheraton for a fun time of swimming. Although we knew that we would need to be careful with Eli and his ear problems, we very much looked forward to see his reaction to a swimming pool.
In the morning, we went out and did some grocery shopping, and went out for lunch. Eli was not very impressed that he had to sit on either of our laps for the entire time that we were there, so we ate in shifts, while the other one carried him around outside. It seemed to work reasonably effectively, but at some point, he's gonna have to get used to the idea of sitting down in a restaurant for a meal. Maybe we'll try and get him used to it when we get back to Canada :).
We got back to the hotel and got ready for our swimming adventure. He had slept in the morning, so we figured he'd be good for the afternoon at the pool. We got there, and got ready to swim. I took the camera while Hilary took Eli. She took him into the pool, and he was not impressed. He started to warm up to this new adventure after a while. He started to enjoy the splashing. We had to continue to be careful though about not getting his ear wet. We tried to get him to walk in the shallow end, and it took quite a bit for him to warm up to that idea. By the end of this, it seems that he was really enjoying himself. The water is actually quite warm, and stepping up out of the water made us quite cold... So, he definitely preferred to stay in the water instead of us picking him up and out of the water. We also experimented with me throwing him up, which he absolutely loves, with or without water in the picture. We went to the smaller kiddie pool, which has a bit of a useless slide, but he also seemed to enjoy that. All in all, we think he had a great day, even if it was a bit tentative at some points.
We got home around 5:00. Eli was very dry, so Hilary oiled him up for the 2nd time today.
We ate some supper, and went to bed. Eli fell asleep fairly quickly (even though it was earlier than his normal bed time), but sadly woke up around 10:00, 1:00, and 3:00 with his screaming sessions, and we spent some time consoling him before being able to go back to sleep.
We had made arrangements on Wednesday to accompany a family from Winnipeg to the Sheraton for a fun time of swimming. Although we knew that we would need to be careful with Eli and his ear problems, we very much looked forward to see his reaction to a swimming pool.
In the morning, we went out and did some grocery shopping, and went out for lunch. Eli was not very impressed that he had to sit on either of our laps for the entire time that we were there, so we ate in shifts, while the other one carried him around outside. It seemed to work reasonably effectively, but at some point, he's gonna have to get used to the idea of sitting down in a restaurant for a meal. Maybe we'll try and get him used to it when we get back to Canada :).
We got back to the hotel and got ready for our swimming adventure. He had slept in the morning, so we figured he'd be good for the afternoon at the pool. We got there, and got ready to swim. I took the camera while Hilary took Eli. She took him into the pool, and he was not impressed. He started to warm up to this new adventure after a while. He started to enjoy the splashing. We had to continue to be careful though about not getting his ear wet. We tried to get him to walk in the shallow end, and it took quite a bit for him to warm up to that idea. By the end of this, it seems that he was really enjoying himself. The water is actually quite warm, and stepping up out of the water made us quite cold... So, he definitely preferred to stay in the water instead of us picking him up and out of the water. We also experimented with me throwing him up, which he absolutely loves, with or without water in the picture. We went to the smaller kiddie pool, which has a bit of a useless slide, but he also seemed to enjoy that. All in all, we think he had a great day, even if it was a bit tentative at some points.
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| Trying to walk to Mommy |
We got home around 5:00. Eli was very dry, so Hilary oiled him up for the 2nd time today.
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| I'm so shiny, AND I smell like Coconuts |
We ate some supper, and went to bed. Eli fell asleep fairly quickly (even though it was earlier than his normal bed time), but sadly woke up around 10:00, 1:00, and 3:00 with his screaming sessions, and we spent some time consoling him before being able to go back to sleep.
Have you tried googling "night terrors"? It's different than nightmares. Maybe could that be it? Annika gets them sometimes, but sadly there's not much you can do other than just wait it out.
ReplyDeleteRe: sitting down for a meal, all I have to say is Welcome to the World of Having a Boy! I have 9 and 7 year old boys and getting them to stay sitting at a table for a meal is STILL practically impossible. We were at a restaurant just 2 days ago and I felt like tying them to their chairs! (no worries - I didn't!)
ReplyDeleteHilary, I just wanted to say that I know it's hard when he wants only Sheldon - you've waited to long and are so prepared to care for this precious child and your arms must itch with the need to be the comforter at times. I have no doubt that this will normalize over time, but I just feel like giving you a hug to for the here and now of it.
Thinking of you good folks day and night and praying and sending you hugs and love,
Ruth
PS. I could be wrong, but I think night terrors happen mostly when children are a little older...but what do I know??!! I'm sorry the sleep thing is hard.