The Mountain That Sleeps

We are still having nap/sleeping problems with Niko, problems that might well be sorted out if we can get a twin sized bed for him in his room etc etc etc let me beat this dead horse some more. I don’t think he’s feeling at the top of his game right now (he had a bit of a growth spurt and a recent flu shot) so he’s been extra clingy when it comes to sleep times.

Nap today was terrible. He was falling down tired, yet kept literally running away from the bed. Then he’d approach the bed as I lay in it, lean against the bed, drape his arms, chest, and head on the mattress, and doze off. Then he’d wake up if I touch him and run away from the bed again. At one point he was sitting on the bed while I sang to him, and he listed to one side, fell asleep, and toppled over gently. He woke up upon hitting the mattress, scrambled out of bed, and scampered over to the door.

I continued laying in bed, feigning sleep, just kind of chillaxing. He edged toward the bed, clambered in… and then climbed up me and draped himself over me. He scaled Mt Mama, and lay atop me. Then he fell asleep. On top of me. I am not a small person. Well. I’m a short person. I am also a fat person. And today I felt like The Mountain That Sleeps.

It was kind of cosy having Niko on top of me. He eventually slipped off and settled on the mattress, still sleeping. Him falling off of me did not wake himself up; any movement I made, however, did. I wound up sleeping and having weird, confusing dreams for almost four hours.

I woke up when Nesko came home. Niko woke up too, but I think he could have slept for another hour or so.

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