4/365-Sleep Matters

 Spring Slumber

Well, we are celebrating "Back to Work" with a bit of sleep trouble.

A Summer Snooze

When it is bedtime we put our "baba" to sleep in the kitchen sink,
give Boomer a kiss on the nose,
say ni-ni to our trains and cars,
brush our teeth,
read a story or 10,
and finally, lay down in the crib and go to sleep while mama rests on the bed...

Walking around Hoan Kiem Lake

or so it was before Christmas.
Before 6 or more nights in cribless dwellings cuddled up with mama
for long warm afternoon naps
and allllll night long.

Mama can't get enough of this face

Now we do all of the above and then dude screams for rescue as the crib gets closer and closer.

Sleep has never been the easiest thing.
Dude first demonstrates that his world is off it's axis through sleep interruption
and then in other ways like mild crankiness.

 A cool day out on Ha Long Bay

This week?  Both.  Sleep trouble and cranky all in one.

So we go through the steps up to the crib
substitute rocking and cuddling with mama
a few renditions of songs that include counting and monkeys
and flailing arm actions by exhausted babies
and then slumber comes.

Tonight, alseep and happy (wait, I think it is mama that is happy)

It leaves again if mama leans over the crib so dude has won the short battle.
He presently slumbers up on mama's bed.
Sleep matters.  So does a happy baby.  Mama wants both.
My world is spinning on it's axis.