Conquering Caleb...

Our poor little man is very off schedule right now and a bit confused as to when he is actually supposed to be asleep. This morning he came into our room around 4am and so it began the battle to get him to sleep again. He would throw fits, scream, kick, cry for me to sleep with him. I would lay down with him and as soon as he dozed off I would slowly get up and as soon as I was standing he was awake... Crying that I was leaving. Now it is not that I don't want to lay down with him and cuddle with him, the problem is once you do it, he expects it every night and it immediately becomes a habit that is impossible to break. Brad went in there and finally got him to calm down and sleep.... finally, or so we thought.  And then he was up again in our bedroom saying he had to use the potty. Once we get him to the potty he doesn't have to go and instead he says "can we watch cartoons" and this would be a great idea except that the sun is still down and it is pitch dark outside and there is nothing living awake at this time. 

So began the battle today of keeping Caleb awake and in a good enough mood to make it all day without a nap so that he would be so exhausted that he might actually sleep through the night. In the car on the way home this afternoon I literally had to tickle him every few seconds or he would be out cold. Then once home we had to battle fits of crying on the floor because he was so tired he couldnt see straight. He is in this new phase of saying "thats borin" about everything. When we told him it was time to eat he said " no thats borin" he completely uses boring out of context and has no real clue what it really means, but it is borin none the less. So at dinner he refused to eat my chicken and dumplings and cried half laying in his chair at the table and only wanted to hold me. I finally sat on the couch with him and held him, while keeping him awake the whole time. We made it though all the way to 7:30 when I layed down with him and sang a few songs to him and he cried that he was having to go to bed when he clearly was not tired and wanted to saty up and read books. He was asleep within 2 minutes. Needless to say Brad and I are very tired from our eventful night of lack of sleep and being up with Caleb. Tonight we are keeping our fingers crossed we can at least make it to 7am without having to get up.   FINGERS CROSSED!!