A series of complaints

It all began with the girls' swimming lesson yesterday. It was at 10am, bang in the middle of their morning nap time. We managed to get them to not nap until after the lesson. So they started their nap at 11.30, which is when they usually wake up.

After they woke, we dashed down to the Collingwood Children's Farm, where we met up with my mum. All went well. We observed other people's kids chasing the sheep and I did not berate them (but I did scowl I think). Also we saw many chickens, goats, more chickens, and some goats. A lovely outing all up.

Then they had no afternoon nap.

Then they went to bed (this is still yesterday I'm complaining about). At 10.30pm Ivy coughed a lot,
woke up, cried, and needed help with going back to sleep. Off she went to sleep. But this woke Hazel, who does not cope well with upset naps. She was awake until well after midnight, shouting and being generally awake and annoyed about it. Somehow Ivy slept through it.


We blame the bad timing of the swimming lesson for the fact that we each got only a few hours of sleep last night. Considering ditching swimming lessons. the teachier is good but being inflexible about lesson times.



Also both of the girls have nasty-sounding coughs due to CONSTANT colds for the last two months, and also Hazel seems to be starting another cold today.


This is a complaining blog post... just skip the rest if it's turning your stomach.


So today we tried really really hard to stick to our routine, hoping the girls would have huge restful naps and replenish their sleep reserves. Not a chance. Poor ol Hazel had a tiny morning nap (40 minutes) and was thereafter cranky. Then Ivy had a tiny afternoon nap, while Hazel slept a little more. All up it was not much.


They went to bed at 7:30, and it's now 8:10 and I have settled Hazel twice. She's back to her habits of a few weeks ago. Neither Trudi nor I is looking forward to tonight.


Doom and gloom on the sleep front.