Sleep Deprivation

I am majorly suffering from lack of sleep. Ben's internal clock needs to be reset but none of us seem to know how. The time change last week has made it even worse.

School seems to be wiping Ben out majorly. Before he would go to bed around 9 pm and would sleep until at least 5 am. I can function fairly well after that time, so I didn't complain (well, not too much). I hear other parents talking about how their kids love to sleep, or how they have trouble waking them up. I envy those people.  I may even loathe their well rested selves be jealous.

We have tried everything. Naps during the day to keep him awake later. Nope, he just wakes up happily after 7 hrs wide awake anywhere from 315-430 am. We've done Melatonin. But that wont work because it's not the getting to sleep that's the problem..it's the staying asleep that's it.

Last night I even bought one of those nifty sound machines. You know the kind that sound like anything from a thunderstorm, to a babbling brook (this would seriously make me have to pee), to the not so peaceful sound of a summer night. We chose the white noise setting. We live a mile or so from train tracks and though I cannot hear them, my Mom can when she visits, and she thinks they might be waking Ben up.

No such luck last night. Ben came bounding down the hall at 315 am, bright eyed and bushy tailed. I put him back in bed and told him it was way too early and he should go back to sleep. Apparently, that concept was lost on him. I have even laid in his twin bed with him. To which he looks at me adoringly and wants to cuddle and roll around continuously. You'd think this would make me melt into a puddle of lovey, but at 315 nothing  can crack through the haze.

I talked to his doctor about it yesterday trying to brainstorm, but at the end she just told me that she was really sorry for me (ha!) and right now there isn't a solution.

So if you see me out and I look a little dazed and confused..I am. I had trouble counting out change to pay for my soda at the gas station this morning. Just bare with me..I'll get it together. Eventually.

This was taken on the weekend of the Mom's retreat that I went to. I had sleep this weekend. Oh yeah..and professional makeup done. I can look like this. Maybe someday when I sleep again I will! I pray I don't have to wait until next November for the next retreat to get it!