Joshua has slept through the night twice this week. Trust me, this is a big deal. He's had sleep issues his entire life. When he was an infant, I held on to the idea that he would outgrow it. At a year I started questioning the pediatrician - he was still getting up every couple of hours. The doctor gave me a look and told me to be patient. The next appointment I tried again, same answer. For going on seven years it has been the same conversation: we want answers and we aren't getting anywhere. Some doctors think I'm crazy and making this up, others have suggested that it's behavioral and we shouldn't LET him wake up. (Someone tell me how that works! )
Last week we got another peice of the puzzle. Joshua has sleep apnea. When he reaches dream sleep his ozygen levels drop so his body never fully rests. Maybe we finally have some answers. Upside : his body should finally have everything it needs to fully function at maximum potential. I'm interested to see what that looks like. Downside : he will get to wear a CPAP machine to sleep every night. It has buttons! The doctor's office will know if he pushes the buttons. I forsee lots of phone calls in my future.
I woke up this morning with 3 very drowsy thoughts. 1. I slept through my alarm again 2. Joshua slept through the night! and 3. He looks like a bag of skittles. When he actually DOES manage to get sleep he wakes up with the exuberance of a puppy. Which is awesome, provided you're a morning person. I'm not. Thankfully today he chose to channel his energy into getting himself dressed. Unfortunately, I didn't know until today that he even owned orange shorts, much less that he could find them. (Typically he claims not to know where his underwear lives.) Pair this with a beautiful plaid red-green-blue- who knows what else shirt ... my eyes hurt. No, I do not have a picture for you, thankfully breakfast took pity on my plight and the outfit was baptized in milk and required a costume change. We have now established some general guidelines for color coordination.
