Cheese With Your Whine?
7.15.2005
And We're Off...
...well, almost. Tomorrow will be a crazy day. I'm taking Rylee to Erin's in the morning (yes way over there in Ft. Worth). Then I'm going to work for a few hours. Then it's back to Erin's for dinner, a trip to Wal-Mart and then at the crack of dawn (4:00 am or so) we're off to the beach!!!! Yay!!! Maybe Rylee will actually get to use her super cool shades.
I've still got some packing to do but it will have to wait til morning. I'm tired again. Guess that's what happens when you get up at 5:30 so that you can be at work for 'standard business hours'. :P
Here's my dilemma of the night. For the past few days Rylee has been having these massive meltdowns at night. They're always about 30 minutes after we get home. When I say massive, I'm talking giganormous! She pushes on me to get down, then arches her back and picks up her feet so she can't be put down, screams, fights and works up a sweat.
I just don't get it. It makes me feel awful. I sit at work all day, thinking about her, wanting to be with her. On my ride home, I'm so excited to see her and then when I finally get to her, we get a few good minutes until she goes beserk. Then that lasts about 20 - 30 minutes and she wears herself out so much that she's down before 8:00. Tonight Becki got to witness it and she can tell you, it's bad. I was crying buckets, Rylee was freaking out. Not pretty. She's also been pitching a fit about getting in her seat to leave. Not about leaving, because she always runs up to me and hugs me and wants me to take her home, but getting in the seat itself.
I feel like such a loser when it happens. This is my GIRL we're talking about. She's *always* wanted me. Is she mad because I'm leaving her during the day? Is she really not adjusting well?
I called Ms. Tania (yes, I've been spelling it wrong) tonight, since she gave me her cell number and asked her about the whole situation. I was bawling of course. One of my first thoughts was that she was eating a late snack that was hurting her tummy and giving her gas. Nope. They get Cherrios and water in the afternoon. She doesn't do this there.
So, I've done a bit of research and Becki called her sister who's a daycare director in St. Louis. All of it points to the fact that her sleep schedule has been messed with. Every day that this has happened, she's slept for 2 or more hours. Yesterday, they had to wake her up at 2.5. At home, she never sleeps for more than a hour and a half. Tops. Most of the time it's more like 45 min. and she just takes one nap.
It's kind of shocked me that even when she sleeps so long, she's ready for bed at 8:00. When she was sleeping for 30 min, I thought she'd be a real crab at night, but she wasn't. Still goes down at 8:00 - no meltdown.
The other thing I've noticed is that when she takes a long nap, she's really restless at night and wants to nurse 3 or 4 times. This from the kid who, while she's never slept through the night on a regular basis, *was* only nursing once.
I've been told that changing sleep can change a kid's personality. I think I'll call Ms. Johnson on Monday and see what she thinks. Maybe I should have them wake her at 1 hour. I don't know. Maybe it's normal and just a part of the adjustment period, but I think there's something to this sleep thing.
Alright, I'm done for the night...and the week. I don't think we'll be able to get online while we're down there, so I'll have to (gasp!) take some time off from blogging. Whatever will I do?
