OK, last night Luke tried to put Liam down for bed. Well, after a few minutes, he just wasn't into it nor ready to go to sleep. So, once he started doing that frantic crying, I picked him up and held him and comforted him until he calmed down. Once he calmed down, I took him to his room to lay him on his changing table to give him a nice clean diaper. OH MY is all I can say. When I TRIED to lay him down on the changing table, he not only gripped me, but screamed bloody murder! Honestly, I HAD NO CLUE what was wrong with him. HE LOVES being on the changing table because he gets to look at the wall and the picture on the wall that just brings him much delight! So to have him scream bloody murder when he was put on the table, just baffled me! Luke also tried to lay him down and he did the same thing to him.
Needless to say, the only thing we could think of was that he either had a bad dream about the changing table (Yea I know, this may be far-fetched), or, he just really felt that by being on the changing table, he then would go straight to bed afterwards and he just wasn't having it. Thank-goodness, once he did get to sleep and such, his fear of the table seems to have diminished. It was absolutely crazy the way he responded.
The good news in all of this is that Liam slept for nearly 7 hours straight last night!! Now, let me preface this with saying that we did place him on his tummy. I have really come to the conclusion that this boy is a tummy sleeper and the ONLY way he will sleep for long periods of time is on his tummy. Not only does he settle down quicker, but he doesn't startle himself so easily and he just seems so much more content. So, I truly think this is the only thing we can do at this point and with that, every night I have to tell myself-God is in control-I'm not. I pray that the Lord would watch over this love of my life and that He would give him peaceful and good sleep! I've come to realize in life that once you truly realize that you really are not in control, you are then free to just truly trust God in everything and with that, come a peace like never before!
Here's to hoping for good sleep tonight! :)
Needless to say, the only thing we could think of was that he either had a bad dream about the changing table (Yea I know, this may be far-fetched), or, he just really felt that by being on the changing table, he then would go straight to bed afterwards and he just wasn't having it. Thank-goodness, once he did get to sleep and such, his fear of the table seems to have diminished. It was absolutely crazy the way he responded.
The good news in all of this is that Liam slept for nearly 7 hours straight last night!! Now, let me preface this with saying that we did place him on his tummy. I have really come to the conclusion that this boy is a tummy sleeper and the ONLY way he will sleep for long periods of time is on his tummy. Not only does he settle down quicker, but he doesn't startle himself so easily and he just seems so much more content. So, I truly think this is the only thing we can do at this point and with that, every night I have to tell myself-God is in control-I'm not. I pray that the Lord would watch over this love of my life and that He would give him peaceful and good sleep! I've come to realize in life that once you truly realize that you really are not in control, you are then free to just truly trust God in everything and with that, come a peace like never before!
Here's to hoping for good sleep tonight! :)
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