Just to show that we don't play favorites, we are now officially the worst house guests Ken's brother and wife have ever had. We sold ourselves as low maintenance house guest with kids who sleep really well. If we hit you up for a place to stay, tell us no! Here's why:
4:00 am I hear Caitlin start fussing and go up to the room that she and Dylan are sharing. I get her out of bed and change her diaper, give her back her binky and put her back in her bed. Dylan sort of wakes, but I tell him to go to sleep, he says "OK" and rolls over. I go back to bed but can't get back to sleep.
4:45 am I hear Caitlin banging around in her crib. Not wanting her to wake up Dylan, I go up to see if I can get her quickly back to sleep. She is jumping up and down in her bed. I get her out of the room and take her to the family room to rock her. She climbs all over me for about 20 minutes. Then I notice she had a smelly diaper.
5:10 am Hoping that a clean diaper is all she needs, I change her and put her back in bed. I go back to the family room and lay down on the couch, not wanting to wake Ken if he's managed to get back to sleep.
5:25 am Dylan comes out of the room, crying (and waking Caitlin) because he's had an accident. So now I have a crying baby and a soggy, crying boy. I give Dylan whatever dry clothing I can find and shove him out of the room. I give Caitlin her binky and hope she'll go to sleep. Dylan is down in the family room but doesn't want to sleep on the couch because it is unfamiliar. I tell him I will stay with him. He closes his eyes and so do I.
5:45 am Caitlin starts to cry. I go into her room and try to get her back to sleep, I push aside the soggy blankets and try to sleep on the floor. I can hear Caitlin relax and just start to slip into sleep...
6:00 am Dylan notices I am not downstairs and comes in search of me, calling out "MOM!" right outside the door where Caitlin is now awake, and crying. I pull him into the room, close the door and order him to lay down and be QUIET! He does, but unfortunately, he starts coughing and can't stop. Every time Caitlin starts to quiet down, he coughs and she starts to cry. I tell him, as nicely as I can manage, to please wait in the hall until I can get Caitlin to stop crying. He goes out, Caitlin sort of stops crying. That will have to do for now. She cries two more times and is quiet.
6:30 am I give Dylan some cold medication and tuck him in on the couch. He coughs for about 15 more minutes, then the medication kicks in and he slips off to sleep. So do I....almost. By now the sun is starting to come up.
6:55 am Caitlin starts to cry. I go in to her room and she is wide awake and bright eyed. I get her out of bed and we play as quietly as I can. She starts to look a little droopy, so I make her a bottle and feed her in the living room.
7:45 am I put her back to bed and she seems to have gone to sleep. Or not. A few minutes later I hear her squawk but she's not really awake. I am and the rest of the house probably is, but she's not.
7:55 am Dylan wakes up for good.
8:20 am Caitlin wakes up for good.
Like I said, if we EVER ask if we can stay with you, say NO!
4:00 am I hear Caitlin start fussing and go up to the room that she and Dylan are sharing. I get her out of bed and change her diaper, give her back her binky and put her back in her bed. Dylan sort of wakes, but I tell him to go to sleep, he says "OK" and rolls over. I go back to bed but can't get back to sleep.
4:45 am I hear Caitlin banging around in her crib. Not wanting her to wake up Dylan, I go up to see if I can get her quickly back to sleep. She is jumping up and down in her bed. I get her out of the room and take her to the family room to rock her. She climbs all over me for about 20 minutes. Then I notice she had a smelly diaper.
5:10 am Hoping that a clean diaper is all she needs, I change her and put her back in bed. I go back to the family room and lay down on the couch, not wanting to wake Ken if he's managed to get back to sleep.
5:25 am Dylan comes out of the room, crying (and waking Caitlin) because he's had an accident. So now I have a crying baby and a soggy, crying boy. I give Dylan whatever dry clothing I can find and shove him out of the room. I give Caitlin her binky and hope she'll go to sleep. Dylan is down in the family room but doesn't want to sleep on the couch because it is unfamiliar. I tell him I will stay with him. He closes his eyes and so do I.
5:45 am Caitlin starts to cry. I go into her room and try to get her back to sleep, I push aside the soggy blankets and try to sleep on the floor. I can hear Caitlin relax and just start to slip into sleep...
6:00 am Dylan notices I am not downstairs and comes in search of me, calling out "MOM!" right outside the door where Caitlin is now awake, and crying. I pull him into the room, close the door and order him to lay down and be QUIET! He does, but unfortunately, he starts coughing and can't stop. Every time Caitlin starts to quiet down, he coughs and she starts to cry. I tell him, as nicely as I can manage, to please wait in the hall until I can get Caitlin to stop crying. He goes out, Caitlin sort of stops crying. That will have to do for now. She cries two more times and is quiet.
6:30 am I give Dylan some cold medication and tuck him in on the couch. He coughs for about 15 more minutes, then the medication kicks in and he slips off to sleep. So do I....almost. By now the sun is starting to come up.
6:55 am Caitlin starts to cry. I go in to her room and she is wide awake and bright eyed. I get her out of bed and we play as quietly as I can. She starts to look a little droopy, so I make her a bottle and feed her in the living room.
7:45 am I put her back to bed and she seems to have gone to sleep. Or not. A few minutes later I hear her squawk but she's not really awake. I am and the rest of the house probably is, but she's not.
7:55 am Dylan wakes up for good.
8:20 am Caitlin wakes up for good.
Like I said, if we EVER ask if we can stay with you, say NO!
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