Friday, September 21, 2012

Nightmares and Not Sleeping

Julia has been having alot of trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.  When we put her to bed, she always wants the lights to be on.  She'd rather have the bright lights on and covering her head.  This is what she looks like when we check on her...

I think nurses would be scolding me if they saw this photo of her, with the blanket all around her head.  But that is the only way she will fall asleep.  Now, we make sure only her eyes are covered, not her mouth or nose.

She often wakes at night, screaming and crying.  Not sure what is going on but hopefully she'll learn quickly that just because it is dark, we are all still close by.

2 comments:

Honey Didi Loving Family said...

Poor Julia! Hope this phase goes by quickly. Maybe a night light will help if she is afraid of the dark.

Karen said...

Or maybe get an eye mask, so it just covers her eyes so that you don't have to worry. M had two night lights at one point. Then I got a "princess" night light, and then put it on a dimmer power cord, so that she can adjust the brightness. Now we don't have any trouble with the dark with her.