You see, we have children with strange sleeping habits. The elder one hasn't discovered the joy of the slumber and sleeps little. If she pulls in 7 to 9 hours of sleep in the night, she can do without naps. At her age, she definitely needs more sleep but she doesn't agree with such research findings. It doesn't mean that she finds it easy to get out of the bed in the morning, but she will simply reject naps. This is the case even when we are on holiday. When we are all dead tired after night flights or early mornings and are stealing cat nap left and right, she is the sole survivor, pushing herself to stay awake and collapsing into the bed at the end of the day. Sleeping is boring to her. Ha! I remembered saying that when I was in my teenager years – sleeping is a waste of time! Well, she will learn the beauty of sleep as she ages, just like I have. Lol.
The other guy in the family turns up his mummy radar in the night. He needs mummy beside him when he hits the pillow unless mummy is out of town or out late and he would grab some other adults. His radar will be self-activated in the night and he wakes up when it senses that mummy has left his side. Then he walks from his room to our room in search of his target. The next moment he lands himself on our bed, expecting us to make space for him and gives him blanket/ fan as weather requires. Win already. I have tried using bolsters and soft toys as mummy’s substitutes but they don't work. Chey.
The kids needed to adapt to their new sleeping environment. Lil Shauna was hesitant to sleep in her upper bunk bed initially but is now comfortable. She is great so long as somebody tucks her to bed and she sleeps through the night.
The little boy has it harder. Sleeping on his own has always been an ordeal, let alone in a new room and bed. Since we moved in, he had been travelling from his room to ours every night with his little friend. One night, he came over even before I went to bed and I sent him back, only to have him back in the middle of the night. It must be really tiring to have to walk so much in the night. In addition, he has been waking up fairly early, at most 8am. He probably found the big bed lonely after we have all left for work and school.
Last night, he was cranky. Lil Shauna was still trying to complete her homework and he had done his. He was allowed iPad time only to find that the iPad was low on battery, which got him very upset. He then asked for the bedroom light to be switched on. He got his little friend and was on the sofa, claiming that he was waiting for the iPad to be charged up. The next moment, he was asleep.
It must be all the hard work in the night and he didn't wake up until this morning. Wait, corrections, he did wake up in the night bcos I found him on our bed (again) this morning. Haha.
Mummy Lim
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