Life with two kids: Stuck In The Awake Zone

[andrewducker]

Gideon woke up at 1:50 from a bad dream. He does this about once a week, and only takes about 30 seconds to go back to sleep once I curl up next to him in his bed

But while I was waiting for him to go back to sleep I accidentally read something upsetting, and so was still awake at 3.

Which is when Sophia came through after a nightmare. This only happens about once ever three months, and she was clearly quite upset.

I got her back to sleep in about ten minutes, but then felt totally stuck awake. In the end I did a Sedecordle as a way of taking my mind off things, and successfully got back to sleep about 3:25.

Today there will be a lot of yawning. And probably a cup of tea.

Comments

[channelpenguin]

I hope you catch up on your sleep!

No kids, but my cat is being more needy in the night in the last month, so I kinda know the feeling.

[andrewducker]

Cats deciding they want company at 3am are definitely as disruptive as the kids are nowadays.

(Not as much as the kids were a couple of years ago, but they're vastly better nowadays)

[cmcmck]

Oh dear.

Nightmares aren't nice even when you're a big person!

[andrewducker]

No. But Gideon has a lot to be afraid of. Apparently mostly giant Sonic The Hedgehog monsters towering over the city, mostly.

[threemeninaboat]

Ooof. It is 9f and Suzerainty has decided she is not going to go out before bed, nope no no. Which means she has to go at 3, 4, 5.
Damn.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, their lack of understanding of future needs does not help.