With all Truman's lack of truly restful sleep it amazes me how well he learns and plays, and how happy he is most of the time... Travis and I often wonder if he could really sleep what kind of child he would be because he's just amazing now.. Even now he is doing great with his signing he knows ;brush your teeth, light, moon, stars, please, thank you, eat, drink, more, all done, sleep, blanket. He can show you his hands, feet, toes, nose, belly. He is full of energy and always busy only stopping to listen to you read the 25 books he wants you to read a day... He is still growing like a weed and weighing in at 26lbs.
With all that being said we are on a more strict mission to find the cause of Truman's sleepless nights. My mothers gut is telling me there are issues and it's not just that he is a bad sleeper.. He has accomplished all the "things" that he is supposed to do to sleep through the night. He has been scoped and we know he has large tonsils and adenoids (to which they did and said nothing about except that he will have them out before he is 4 most likely). So in talking with my allergist we are taking him for allergy testing tomorrow to see if there is something we can find that might be contributing to the restless nights of broken sleep. If we find no answers or if nothing helps than we are off to a sleep study... at 13 months old a child should be able to sleep longer than 4 hours without the assistance of Benedryl...
I just know that I have been patient and I have tried everything and I'm turning into a mama bear for my cub, he and we need sleep...
even so he always keeps us on our toes and smiles on our face....
