KCNQ2Haiku

By KCNQ2Haiku

Super sleepy

Draining early start.
Super sleepy boy (and mum!)
Walks and fresh air help.

Gah, boring sleep whinge again.  Ben is waking between 3 and 4am each day and has convinced himself that he can't get back to sleep, he's yawning his head off, even as he's arguing with me, so I know he's tired but he just won't give in to it.  There was much discussion and back and forth with him this morning.  I did manage some sleep in between arguing with him about turning his light on and reading/iPad time but it was insufficient!  I gave him his iPad at 5:30am and went back to bed and by the time I woke up at 6:30 he was fast asleep with it blaring cartoons in his face.  So frustrating.. but if I were to give in earlier he'd see it as setting a precedent and pretty soon he'd be thinking wake up time was midnight.  He has the littlest room in our house but I was measuring it today wondering if I can sneak a small double/4 ft bed in there. Maybe if he had a bit more wiggle room, as he is a huge hulking teen even though he doesn't always behave like it :-/  Anyway, the day has mainly revolved around making sure he doesn't fall asleep but also keeping him from getting bored without wearing him out even further.  A challenge, no??! We had a walk by a different bit of river and collected some blackberries to make into a sort of compote thing, we've made curry for tea and managed a very quick pop to the park for a swing.  He was pretty much done by the time we got there but we had a bit of a play which was nice.  I snapped this little daisy/sunflowery thing on the way in at the gate.  Ben was not happy at me stopping and shouted at me but then he wasn't happy when I left the flower and carried on either, as he said, "I don't want you to stop but I do want you to be happy".  I was not winning either way today.  Except that with my macro lens and a fairly serious bit of wind and only a snatched moment, I was quite happy with the result :-)
Home now and hoping for an easier night.

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