Haiku Friday
Who is this devil?
What the hell? Where is my kid?
screaming fits oh yay
a terrible night
next is an awful morning
go to daycare son
oh the sleeplessness
screaming like you are dying
makes us all grumpy
what is wrong my love?
then did all I know to do
screaming continues
sounds like a brat scream
any little thing sets off
too early for 2s
Ugh, where oh where has my sweet tempered child gone? Is there such a thing as the terrible 15 months? Boog’s bedtime is 7:30. He cried from then until around 9pm before finally drifting off to sleep. Granted one particularly bad time was because he’d gotten his legs caught in the slats of his crib. I know he was tired, he was so tired.
Then he awoke at 3am screaming like someone was in there killing him. Nothing would sooth him and I worried that something was really wrong. I did all I knew to do. No fever, I gave him motrin and gas stuff. Still he screamed. I rocked him and then put him back in his crib only for him to start screaming again. This went on for an hour and a half until he finally went back to sleep.
By the time I got back to sleep it felt like minutes before my alarm was going off. When Boog awoke this morning his mood was still foul like mine. I suppose I don’t blame him, after all he didn’t get that much sleep either. I am really baffled as to what prompted such a bad night. We’d been doing so well with the sleeping. He’s not due for a developmental leap. Ugh, I don’t have the brain power to try and figure it out nor do I think it would do any good. Here’s hoping tonight will be a better night.
Oh on a totally unrelated side note, my husband has seemed incredibly testy and prone to fly off the handle at the slightest provocation lately. I attributed it to his erratic sleep schedule and it seems that myself and lately the poor dogs have been taking the brunt of it.
This morning after becoming so angry at one of our dogs it finally dawned on him what may be the problem. He’s been on a regimen of prednisone for about two weeks now for a skin condition and it seems that even a low dose steroid can cause some level of “roid rage.”
At least today is the last day and soon I might have my husband back to his normal, less volatile self. It also makes me feel somewhat better seeing as lately it seemed that we couldn’t even have a conversation with out it turning into a screaming match. I feel relived that I can now at least partially attribute that to the meds. The rest of course belongs to prolonged sleep deprivation with a side of hormones.
sorry about the bad night of sleep. hopefully tonight will be better. great ‘ku!
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fighting so easily with mine too :( always a battle for self time & who’s gonna do what, who’s time is more important - will it ever end?
Ugh. Sounds like a horrible night. My boys used to act like that right before they got sick. They were usually good sleepers unless they were fighting something off. Then they turned to monsters.
Or is he possibly getting some molars? Those are pretty painful and always made my boys’ crazy.
Good luck. I hope tonight is better!
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Teeth? Topped with too sleepy to sleep? Who knows. It probably doesn’t help, but we’ve been there, too. Despite all appearances, Alexis has actually been a really good sleeper and I’ve kicked butt at teaching her good sleep habits. Sadly, sometimes they decide to think for themselves and screw the whole thing up anyway.
I hope tonight is better!
(I’m also going to call my husband and see if he can blame medicine for acting the.exact.same.way.)
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I’m thinking teeth, too. My son got three teeth in two weeks when he was 15 months old… that was the period of time that we just started giving him a preemptive dose of Motrin every night. God bless pharmaceuticals.
Maybe he’s still feeling yucky from the virus. My kids have had a couple that turned them into monsters. Hope you get some sleep this weekend!
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Good luck tonight. I remember those nights with my daughter but I’m trying to block them out as I’m so very scared to do it again with my son. ;) Feel better and get some rest.
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i feel your pain. not for quite a few years, now, but i feel it nonetheless!
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I thought there was a growth spurt around 15/16 months. Maybe that could be it? Or teeth? Molars?
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I sure hope you both
get much needed rest tonight!
Happy Saturday ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
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That all sucks. I’m sorry for the rough night and day and the arguing with hubby. I hope tonight and your weekend goes better.
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Someone once told me the half years and worse than the hole numbers, and I believe it. Michael was nightmare and 2.5 but since he turned 3 he has been all sunshine and light.
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Ugh, a prednisone afflicted husband and a cranky toddler? You poor thing!
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