I had a really hard time sleeping last night. Finally, at about 3:30 or 4, when I knew sleep was not coming back, I got up with Ethan instead of Patti getting up with him, which she does every other night. I think he had already but up once or twice, but at 3:30 he was definitely not looking to eat and fall back asleep. It was like he just woke up in the middle of the day. He was smiling and giggling and just wanted to play. I stayed with him in his room for a while and turned the TV on. Aside from the 4AM thing, it was actually kind of nice. Just him and I playing, I got to watch some news, and the rest of the world slept. There is something kind of comforting about doing an activity in the middle of the night. Something, I don?t know, relaxing. It?s hard to explain. I am not sure when he will start sleeping through the night but hopefully soon. Emily started sleeping through the night at 2 months and aside from periods when her teeth were coming in or she was sick, has always slept well. We started giving him rice cereal hoping that he will not be hungry, but so far he is still waking up to feed. Except when I got up with him, he was not hungry and just wanted some attention. Emily came into our room during the night at some point so at one time, I think around 5, we were all up. Patti ended up taking Ethan up back to bed later in the morning but at that point Emily was up. Then later while Ethan was sleeping Patti and I tried to get some sleep but Emily would have none of it. She played on the bed and watched TV but not quietly enough to allow us to sleep. I finally got up and shoveled about 4 inches of snow that fell last night, cleaned the cars off, showered, dressed and went to work. It was a crazy night but nothing too out of the ordinary. Having kids is wonderful.
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