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Oh this is a big issue with us!
Ok, when I say Natalie is an early bird, I'm speaking out of the early to bed context. Natalie is a NIGHT OWL! She cannot take a nap past 3 in the afternoon or we're up ALL NIGHT! Most nights she is up until 11:30, there are few nights where we're up until 1,2,3,etc. We recently stopped her clarinex for alergies as we thought it was causing her to become hyper which meant she wasn't sleeping. There was a 2 week period where I averaged 2 hours of sleep per night. I was so tired I was a zombie! I mean my dh could tell me something and then mention it 5 minutes later and I was like, um when did you tell me that? The problem turned out to be our furnace. It's right outside her bedroom window and the noise, over a span of a couple hours, would waken her. So, now Ms. Natty, and Penguin Boy share a bedroom for sleep and her ex-room is the playroom. For 2 weeks now we've been in bed by 11:30 and both are up between 4:30 and 6:00. I don't mind the super early birds because both will nap 1st time by 7, and then again around noon. It's been real nice to be on a somewhat normal sleep pattern. So, not much help except to show a flip side to early birds. Oh, and my son is actually a better sleeper. I put him to bed around 9:00 or 9:30 and he'll sleep until she wakes him in the morning.
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Tracy
Proud momma of
Natalie Marie 6-8-03 DS,
and Tyler Slayton, 4-15-05 (I'LL NEVER FORGET THE IRS NOW!)
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03-19-2006 12:10 PM
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I patted his back and gave him his pacifier and he'd lie still but as soon as I went to leave the room he was up and shouting and I didn't want him to wake Kieran. He had his usual 2 hour nap that day and went to bed at 6:15pm! and slept for 12 hours.