Progress

I would love to tell you all that after my last (somewhat depressing) post, we’re all sleeping through the night, the crying every time mom leaves the room is over, the sassiness has ended and this mom will never, ever be crabby again….but I think you all know that would be a lie! The good news is – we’re making progress!! 

Micah man has limited his waking up to 1 time per night, and his screaming hasn’t exceeded 10 minutes for the last several nights!  For whatever reason, he refuses to just come into our room in the middle of the night….he prefers to wake up and yell in his bed until someone comes in.  And me laying in bed telling him to come in and sleep on my floor doesn’t help….but I keep trying I’m determined to get to a point that DOES NOT require me to get out of bed in the middle of the night!

Yesterday he had a great day at daycare—he still cried when I dropped him off (and even though I know it’s usually short lived, it never fails to break my heart!)  but yesterday was noteworthy for 2 reasons: (1) His daily sheet said he had a “GREAT” morning!  AND (2) he wasn’t crying when I picked him up….and I wasn’t even the first mom there.  He was actually playing happily when I got there!  SO good for this mama’s heart! 

As for the sassiness….let’s just say we’re still working on it!   Yesterday I think we only had one consequence for sassing…..today we should have had 17 before breakfast.  A couple days ago she and I were having a little chat (after a timeout) about why it’s not okay to sass and what we were going to do to stop it (because she’s pretty sure that mom’s consequences are a bad idea) and she told me, “I think I just need to talk to God about it, I really don’t need consequences.”  Just another reason I love this girl! 

Perhaps the best news of the week –getting some much needed sleep, spending lots more time praying, trying hard to spend less time yelling, and seeing some progress on the “bad”….this mama is feeling (and I hope acting) a little less ugly!