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Exactly how tired am I?

On Saturday, about the 4th or 5th time Adam woke up overnight, I changed his diaper as it was wet. When we woke up on Sunday morning, both of his legs were in one pajama pant leg! God help me I need sleep! LOL!

Adam and Mama have a playdate tomorrow...

....with Meredith, aka Lawyerish! We can't wait!

The still elusive Mr. Sandman

I'm wondering at what point do you decide that a child's sleep issues are not part of the adjustment to a new home, but are actually sleep problems.

Adam is home almost 5 months and is 22 months old. He is doing amazingly well in almost every area - sleep being the remaining hurdle.

Falling asleep is not his problem - staying asleep is. On a rare "good" night, he awakens 3 times. Usually, its more like 5, and on a very bad night, every hour to every 90 minutes. He definitely wants to be asleep. When he finds himself awake and doesn't fall instantly back to sleep, he seems very frustrated and within about a minute of awakening is into a tantrum of frustration, crying and kicking me in his anger. We are co-sleeping both for the bonding and because I get a tiny bit more sleep with him in the same bed than I would having to actually physically get out of bed and walk to another room five times a night.

He is napping normally at daycare, between 90 minutes and two hours, and usually naps two hours on the weekends.

I am exhausted.

Is this still a normal part of his adjustment, or should I look for help?

A generous spirit!

I just completed refinancing my mortgage and had the closer at my apartment last week. Adam is always interested in new people and was especially intrigued by the big pile of papers Mama was signing. After I pulled my i.d. out of my wallet, I gave the wallet to Adam in hopes of distracting him. I had about $7 in singles, which Adam pulled out one at a time and gave to the closer, who thanked him nicely and put them down on the table next to the big pile of papers. Once he was out of dollar bills, Adam proceeded to pull out every credit card, library card, etc. one at a time and hand them to the closer.

Apparently, by merely thanking him and putting the money and cards down, the closer was NOT getting the point -- Adam then unzipped the man's portfolio and stuffed the money and cards into it and rezipped it! What a generous boy! LOL!

Silly boy!

I broke a toe a few weeks ago, and now everytime I tape it, here's what has to happen:

Sometimes you have a morning....

...where the baby just wakes up in a bad mood. He goes from being sound asleep to a full-fledged tantrum. You struggle to dress a screaming, kicking baby without injury to either of you. He demands to be taken to the kitchen where he rejects each and everything you offer him, yet shrieks upon being removed from the kitchen. Asks for a bottle, rejects it when produced. You try to put him down to finish getting ready for work. This only escalates the tantrum. Finally, you are both ready to head out and walk the dog and then head to daycare when the accumulated force of the baby's continued screaming leads to him vomiting all over himself. And its only 6:55 a.m.

But then, you have a moment -- lying in bed at the end of such a long and wearying day, when the baby reaches out his hand and strokes your check, softly chanting "my mama" repeatedly.....and its worth every minute.

Woo hoo and a big Yee Ha!

Today, for the first day, Adam did not cry when I dropped him off at day care! This is HUGE!