I have posted several times about Isaac's tendency to sleep 12 hours per 24-hour period. Specifically, I once wrote about the difficulty of putting Isaac to bed before he has been awake for those 12 hours -- basically, it doesn't work, and it's frustrating for all of us.
Today started out as great day for sleep -- a little too great. Counting from midnight onward, Isaac was awake only 16 minutes overnight. He slept until 8:00 a.m. He napped for two and a half hours in the afternoon -- in fact, he slept so long that I woke him up!
Do the math -- by the time dinner was over, he had only been awake nine hours. I joked that in order for Isaac to be awake his average daily amount, he would have to fall asleep just after 10:00 p.m. "Ha, ha, ha," I thought. "That's a crazy-late bedtime -- no way a sick little boy will want to stay up that late." I started trying to get him to sleep at 8:30 p.m. instead.
Result? Several wasted hours, two frustrated parents, and a child who alternated between playfulness and misery seemingly dependent on what one would find most irritating at any given moment.
Actual time Isaac fell asleep? 10:20 p.m. Total time awake? 12 hours, 16 minutes.
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