Sleepless in...well...Everywhere

I'm sure everyone has heard the expression 'I slept like a baby'.

I'm starting to think that doesn't mean what everyone thinks it means.

Well ok, to be fair I have to admit that when Paige was a little baby she slept fairly well. She of course was up in the night several times but there was a stretch where she would sleep through the night and therefor so would we.

Then she became a toddler, and I have no idea what went wrong.

Paige typically goes to bed around 7pm, maybe 7:30pm if she's playing and isn't showing signs of being tired. For example rubbing eyes, screaming or crying for no reason, basically the same things I do when I'm tired. Anyway, she always seems to wake up around 2-3am - sometimes as late at 4:30am - and depending on when she first wakes up in the night she will then wake up again a bit later. Say...5am or like this morning 6:09am. Luckily my alarm goes off at 6:20am so this was just a little early for me.

Obviously I'm tired as I'm rambling...The point is that my wife and I don't sleep through the night. It seems to be hit and miss when Paige does so I have no idea what helps her sleep and what doesn't. Personally I think it's because our house gets colder overnight (thanks to my wife liking it cold - don't tell her I said that) and Paige moves so much she crawls out from under her blankets.

Regardless of the reason Paige still makes me forget about it when she snuggles on the couch or gives me a kiss, but if anyone has any suggestions on how to get her to sleep through the night I'm all ears. Assuming I'm awake.

Raising Paige is tiring, but still worth it.

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