Thumper and Cry Guy

Colin and Veronica have developed very different sleep habits (as they have with all their habits, really). And while I’m sure they’ll very soon migrate into yet another pattern, as they always do, right now I’m dubbing them Thumper and Cry Guy.

Veronica is Thumper. She actually is a very good sleeper (right, now I’ve jinxed it) and is able to soothe herself to sleep in a way that neither of her brothers are/were able to. She has a very funny way of doing it: When I lay her down after nursing (if she wakes up at all), she lifts both legs and thumps them down on the mattress in her crib until she falls asleep. 

She can sometimes thump her way all the way across the crib, and occasionally even will work herself sideways. Unfortunately, her thumping is very loud, which typically will wake up Colin, who turns into:

Cry Guy

Colin seems convinced that sleep is something designed to keep him from participating in something fun. Or seeing something interesting. Or … he doesn’t know what might be happening when his eyes are closed, but he is determined not to let anything go by without him being aware of it.

This leads to some very LONG nights for John and I. Colin doesn’t soothe easily, and he cries loudly enough to wake the dead (or Ethan, in this case). For this reason, we don’t like to let him go too long. 

We’re both hoping this is a phase that will pass soon (and believe me, it can’t pass quickly enough). Otherwise we may soon find out first hand just how devastating sleep deprivation can be as a form of torture.