Did I Sleep At All?

It was 9:30 pm. I just laid my head down on the pillow. Just started to doze off. Then all of a sudem he starts whaling! Waaaaaaaaaaaa. WAAAAAAAAA. Then he starts coughing. Then he starts choking and gagging. I run in there thinking he threw up. Nothing. I get him a sippy cup of water and begin to rock him to bed. He falls asleep on my lap and I gently place him back into his crib. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. WAAAAAAAA. I proceed to go into the room hoping he will fall asleep. Twenty minutes later- waaaaaaaaaa WAAAAAAA. I go back in to his room. It is now almost 10 pm. I proceed to rock him back to sleep again. Gently lay him in his crib. Waaaaaaaa. WAAAAAAAA. I give up. Bring him into my room. Let him play and roll around. Now he is wide awake. But not crying!!!!! I let him play until 10:30 and he starts rubbing his eyes. He is beyond tired now. I go change his diaper and make him another sippy cup of milk. Rock him back to sleep and gently place him in is crib. Waaaaaaaa. WAAAAAAA. Then I hear my husband wisper in a half asleep tone "just let him cry for a while". So I try. As a mother that is one of the hardest things to do. But you learn. Around 11 pm he falls asleep. So do I!!!

Waaaaaaaaaa. WAAAAAAA. Its 12:30 am. What????? He only slept for a hour. Ughhhh. So I get up and get him some ibuprofren. Because on top of the bronchitis he is teething. Why didnt I think of the ibuprofen before? DUHHHHHHH Kiera. I give him ibuprofen and rock him back to sleep. Gently place him into his crib. Waaaaaaa. WAAAAAA. This went on until about 3:30 am. He never fell asleep after 12:30 am. I was so exhausted. I make him another sippy cup of milk (this is his 3rd FULL cup since 9:30). Place him into his crib while he is screaming his head off. I can feel my hair turning gray, literally. I go to bed and lay down. He cries for about 1.2 minutes and he is silent. I wait 30 minutes before going in there to cover him and take his sippy cup out of his crib. I then go to bed.

Waaaaaaaaa. WAAAAAA. Its 5:30 am. What????? He only slept for two hours. Ughhhhh. So I get up and start my day. He cries all morning non-stop. Nothing I can do is making him happy. I put him into the car with yet another sippy cup (this time with water). He is a happy camper now. I take him to the babysitter's and tell her. Sorry if he is fussy today but he had NO sleep last night and either did I. I go to work super tired and super frustrated.

This is the night life of a 16 month old little boy with bronchitis/teething and his mother.

One week old and sound asleep with his father. What happened to those days? Oh yeah- he grew up!