Weird sleeping habits?
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September 16th, 2005
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We have made some curious observations about our offspring’s sleeping habits. During the night he turns around in his bed. And he turns like crazy. Turning is not the right word, spinning would be more accurate. I’ve read about parents who are amazed their kid turns 180 degrees during the night. Daniel must be some kind of freak because he does 540 degrees before he’s even asleep. That’s right. Before even falling asleep.
He goes to sleep facing one direction. Half hour later I check on him and he’s done an 180 already. Next check-up time he’s sleeping across his bed which is kind of weird since it’s only 65 cm. (25") across and Daniel is 87 cm. tall. This goes on all night. And I don’t even know how many laps he does in between. But he sleeps really well. 7.30 Pm to 7.30 AM, and only occasionally wake up after a nightmare. Lately it seems like the spinning has decreased somewhat and he’s definitely sleeping heavier. He seems to love the corners and sides though. He likes to have his head touching something. It’s most often squeezed into a corner in a position that looks incredibly uncomfortable. I’m wondering if he feels more comfortable this way because it fells like mommy or daddy is there?
My mother always tell me to cover him with a thick blanket. Yeah right. How? Putting the cover on him is no problem but Daniel will be on top of it after a few minutes, even if he’s asleep. He does not like to have his body under a thick blanket, regardless of room temperature. Not even when we went camping and night time temperatures were down to 8 degrees (46 F). How can I keep the cover on him when he turns 1080 degrees during the night??? This is not a problem during the warm summer months but during the winter it’s cooler during the night. Yes we do have heating thank you very much but it’s still cooler during the night. Daniel has been sick very few times so far, knock on wood, and we would like to keep it that way.
The solution so far is a pajama with long sleeves and full length bottom. And a small blanket on top. It’s not a "real" blanket, more like on one these small "receiving" blankets. We figure if the blanket is thin he won’t even know hes covered. There is no point even reaching for a blanket until Daniel has slept for a couple of hours. I usually wake up a few times during the night and then try to cover him. This is a challenge since it’s dark in the room and I’m incredibly nearsighted. I could end up covering Daniel or the tricycle in the corner, they look the same at 3 AM without glasses or contacts.
We’re ecstatic that he’s sleeping so well but would like him getting used to a blanket. Does anyone have any similar experiences? Anyone else with a wild spinning offspring?
We have an amazing spinning sleeper too. On the nights when he simply *has* to have a blanket (camping) we use a Halo sleepsack over fleece “footie” pajamas. He stays nice and toasty even when the temp drops.
My Girl sleeps with her bum sticking right up in the air!!!
She tucks her knees up and stick her little bum almost towards the roof! I feel like I should get a flower and stick it in there and take a photo……just kidding.
It’s great to hear that your bubba sleeps so well. My bro had an absolute screamer for a first child….second time round he thought “How could it get any worse?”
But geuss what …..it did. He has some serious bags under his eyes…looks like he is packing for overseas!
Thanks for stopping by…I look forward to your next post.
Pete
Our son sleeps with the bun up as well!! I thought he was the only one… But it’s mostly before he’s completely asleep. When he’s deep asleep he still hugs the corners and keeps his but down. And of course keeps spinning……
AD
First, AD, this is my first visit here, and I really like your blog’s design. Very cool! Second, that’s one hot babe on the banner. Is that really the Mrs. or a model??
Now, back to the post at hand — Tod-lar is definitely a spinner. He spins so much I’ve been wondering how we’re going to get him to sleep in a real bed without falling out. In preparation for operation “transfer to big kid bed,” I took the bumper off his crib. But he likes to sleep so close to the bars that for a while there he kept knocking his head against him. He’d wake up crying. It drove me nuts for about a week. Now he’s starting to sleep more in the middle.
Thanks for the compliments. I owe you some nice wine or just cash:-)) That’s indeed my better half. We got thousands of photos but unfortunately our gallery is not up yet. Wife’s blog is at http://www.Sandriux.com
Son is spinning less but definitely still a lot. Every time he comes to our bed we need to cover the sides with pillows or he might go overboard.
By the way, you seem to be rasing your kids in a very good way. I haven’t covered much of your blog but I already like it!
AD
Nov 25th, 2007 at 12:31 am
footie pajamas…
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