Sleepy Head

To say Ethan's sleeping habit have been on the fritz lately would be an understatement. This poor little guy is having a rough go at it these days. It all started a couple of weeks ago when we had our first major thunderstorm of the season. Ethan was terrified of the noise and was up for quite a few hours screaming. I hate to admit his, but we finally resorted to letting him sleep with us. We did it out of desperation because at that point, we all needed some sleep. From then on, any little sound, was thunder in his mind.

Whether it was the noise from a freight train, a plane, a car, garbage cans, this guy was petrified. The sounds would cause him to wake up, completely frightened, and come downstairs to our room screaming; sometimes shrieking. This would happen 10-15 times a night, causing us much frustration.

We decided to start a rewards system, basically bribing him to stay in bed or at least upstairs. If he had 15 good sleeps (ie: not coming downstairs) he would get a monster truck like Papa's (it is actually a remote control truck that is actually Matt's). The first night didn't go so well, hence the pictures above. He got so frustrated that he couldn't come downstairs so he just fell asleep at the top. It was kind of humorous actually, but oh so cute! I just love how perfect his feet were pressed up against the molding.

Anyway, it took about 5 more days of up and down, but I think we are well on our way to that monster truck. At the time, it seemed as though the restless nights were lasting forever and never going to end, but we seem to have gotten over the hump. Only 12 more stickers to go!!!