so, as if my days weren't interesting enough, i never know what each night is going to bring. There used to be nights (a LONG time ago...think many many years) where I could for the most part at least predict what th night would bring. Not so much now.
As of late, we've added earthquake, hurricaine, ghost (or hallucination) to things that wake me up in the middle of the night. In case Child 1, 2, baby 3 or large barking dog weren't enough. BUT the most interesting, surprising, and unpredictable yet is colin's sleep walking. He started this a couple months ago...right around the time matt left. It took a couple times of this going on until i realized that he was definately 100% asleep. Some nights he comes flying like a bat out of hell screaming at the top of his lungs sobbing "MOOOOMMMMM! MOOMMMYYYYY!!!" and it scares the crap out of me when i'm dead asleep, and when i try to talk to him, he's completely out...it's so bizarre. it usually just ends in my walking him back to his bed and re-tucking him in. To him, it's as if it never happened. He doesn't recall these episodes at all in the morning. Sometimes this happens more than once per night. Sometimes I find him in the bathroom wandering around crying, (asleep), other times he tiptoes into my room as quiet as can be and i don't realize he's there till he touches me (insert FREAKY). almost every night he enters my bedroom at some point as when i get up in the early morning hours for baby 3 i found that my door has been opened. Now, for awhile i wasn't sure if he was awake and doing this and then would decide not to wake me up and go back to bed OR sleep walking. But after last night's episode i'm now sure it's sleep walking. I just so happened to be still awake in my bed watching t.v. when he, as QUIET as could be, opened his door, walked down the hall, opened my door gently, and with a pouty face on came walking straight for my bed, climbed up the bench at the foot of the bed and got right into bed with me curled up and was OUT. I tried talking to him, but no answer, just looked SAD. It begs the question...how long is he actually in my bedroom for when he does this when i'm asleep? and WHAT is he doing?! I need a video camera or something! Luckily (or not...we'll see) I have a gate at the top of my steps and i arm my alarm system downstairs so that if he should wander down there the alarm will go off and at least i'll know he's down there. BUt i can't wait for that day when i thin there's someone robbing my house but n fact will be colin. And we all know it's only a matter of time. I'll be able to add "house alarm" to things waking me up in the middle of the night. Some might say it will be easier for me when matt returns...but he adds is own array of night waking to the table to include sleep talking/sitting up/acting out things. He once walked around the bed carrying a pillow and told me "here's the baby jena...he needs fed"...i could have smacked him since i' already getting up enough with the REAL thing...now i need to feed pillows too.
Anyway...the saga continues...the question is....what does tonight bring??
