1. A Dark And Stormy Night
2. Sea Breeze
3. What A Beautiful Day
Oh What A Night. Son 2 aged 17m woke up at about 2300m and The Man went to him. I went upstairs… The Man was already in bed with Son 2. I went to bed and Son 2 still fretted and called, and called and fretted. Son 1 aged 4y 4m cried out. I heard The Man snoring. My left ear, which has been cracking since last summer was agony if I lay on it. After well over an hour of Son 2 bawling and miaowing. I went down. The Man had Son 2 and Son 1 in bed with him. I sent him and Son 1 upstairs, gave Son 2 Calpol and snugged down with him. At 0130 I said if he didn’t go to sleep he was going back in his cot. At 0200 he was asleep on the bed, and I went downstairs to sort my ear out and get a cup of tea. He started howling again. I came back upstairs and put him in the cot. I bent down next to him for a good 20 minutes, killing my ear, jaw and throat. He finally passed out. At last A Good Thing. I went downstairs and drank tea till 3am. And then went to sleep in Son 1’s bed.
Son 1 slept till gone 9am. The first time he’s still been asleep in bed when Wonder Nanny arrived. We rang his Best Friend. Going to the Gardens by the Beach with their scooters. We were under pressure, because Son 2 was so tired after his disturbed night. We loaded up the car with The Big Pram (portable bed,) Son 1’s scooter, Son 1’s skates, knee and elbow pads and helmet, and Son 2’s pushalong car. When we got there Best Friend had had such a huge tantrum that he wasn’t allowed in the Gardens, and had no telly all day. We went on The Beach. Son 2 loved it. He was still screaming to stay awake when I wheeled him up and down to get him to sleep at 1330. Amazing stamina. Must get it from his father. The split lip is still looking pretty grim.
A Northerly, so we were protected a little on The Beach, the sun shone, the air was clear, children ran around everywhere. Next to us we had a half-term club, who had a parachute, piles of buckets and spades, and a huge sand racing car they’d dug. They wanted Son 2 to sit in it. Until he started taking great handfuls out of the steering wheel and bonnet. Our four welcomed a stream of small children who wandered in and out of their play zone… Son 1 in the end folded. He’s still got his temperature thing, where he suddenly starts to burn up, and he wanted to go home. I have a nasty feeling he’s just not drinking enough. Being positive, we now have a new sticker chart. He can have a star each time he has a cup of juice/water/milk. And so we’ll soon find out if it’s a dehydration thing.
Tags: beach, broken night, co-sleeping, crying, disturbed sleep, ear infection, Gardens, play, sandcastles, scooters, skates, sleep problems
