Night waking
Since last Wednesday, Sam has slept through the night exactly once. I don’t know why he’s waking and I don’t know how to make it stop. He wakes up, goes to the gate in his doorway and calls for either Bob or me. There’s no rhyme or reason to the parent he picks and he’s usually pretty specific about who he will accept. One night he woke up calling for Dada. I woke up and got up to use the bathroom. He heard me cough and wailed, “Uh-uh! Mama back in bed. Dada! Dada carry.” Some nights he’s more agreeable to the other parent stepping in, and will allow a substitute, but that’s usually after several minutes of screaming for the other parent at the top of his lungs, which means everyone’s awake and unhappy.
I wish I knew what to do. He could be having nightmares or it could be something else. Aside from the wake ups, which are generally pretty brief, he sleeps for about ten hours a night. He’s been napping pretty consistently for 2-3 hours (yes, still in the car) so he’s not especially overtired with 12 or 13 hours total sleep each day. I know it’s not night terrors, since he’s lucent and fairly agreeable to getting back into bed as soon as one of us goes to get him. He also falls asleep pretty quickly once we’re in there, and though I’d prefer not to get into bed with him it certainly makes it easier for me since he quiets immediately and goes right back to sleep.
If this next child isn’t a sleeper I don’t know what I’ll do.
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