My boys won’t sleep…so I get none either. They get up at least twice each, per night. They’ve been sharing the bottom bunk because D’Lo is afraid to sleep in the (very short) top bunk by himself, and they take turns crawling into our bed all night. I’m exhausted.
Their pediatrician suggested giving them melatonin prior to bedtime to help them sleep better, it’s a natural solution and it’s worth a try. Since all I had were tablets, I decided to do that old trick my own mama used to pull on us with aspirin back in the day- smashing it into a fine powder, putting it into a teaspoon full of sugar, and adding water to create a really nasty, gritty sweet spoonful.
Just a spoon-full of sugar helps the medicine go down…right?
As we moved upstairs to brush teeth and give flouride, D’Lo stopped suddenly and looked at me with his sparkling, brown eyes…
“Mama, I got something I need to tell you.” He declared
“What, Baby? What do you have to tell me?” I asked, giving my full attention since my four-year-old has never made an announcement like this before.
“I really don’t like that sugar water!” He said, and then, pulling both hands up, he continued by making a point as he tapped each of his four left-hand fingers with his right, index finger:
“I don’t like it in the morning…” counting his left pinky.
“I don’t like it at night-time…” as he moved to his ring finger.
“I don’t like it at Christmas…” tapping his middle finger
aaannnd (thinking hard about how to used his index finger)
“I don’t like it at the lake!”
The good news is that I think they make this stuff in a liquid, the bad news is…oh wait, there is no bad news. The other good news is that both boys are asleep, in their own beds!
Oh Sweet Lord, while there is nothing I want more that to see their sweet faces in the morning…PLEASE let it be in the morning!
Oh my gosh, I laughed out loud. I can just see him saying all that. It was the cutest. I can’t wait to see if they slept all night. Love, Momma
Too funny, Donna! I thought he was going to call you Sam-I-Am 🙂
My 10-yr old daughter has trouble sleeping, too, and we just started melatonin last week–but she can swallow pills so no cute story to accompany my tale! I hope you get some sleep soon. Thanks for making me chuckle (and making me know I am not alone in my sleep-deprived world…)
They DID NOT sleep through the night! In D’Lo’s defense – he did spit out most of his “sugar water”! I’m gonna look for the liquid version and try again. I really am exhausted, lol. Jen, you are definitely NOT alone in the land of sleep-deprivation! Oh well…maybe someday *yawn*