I will not beat the dead horse that is my daughters refusal to sleep. I will not speak of it again until I have fixed the problem.
In happier news, the boys that were found in MO made me very happy. Although they may have endured vile things at the hands of this man, they are now home with the families that loved and prayed for them every day they were gone. My mind keeps going back to the kid whose life was made into that movie "I know my first name is Stephen". His life ended tragically because of so much sadness, but he was a hero to the little boy that was taken when they decided to escape. His brother ended up killing women in the park where he worked. I hope these families are able to help the boys and shield them from prying eyes and insensitive media. None of us need to know what happened to them. They need to be allowed to deal with it and put it behind them.
I will certainly be updating my kids ID cards, fingerprints, photos and all my instructions on NEVER going with strangers and how to defend themselves.
Night all
Heather
5 years ago
1 comments:
Oh, Heather, Heather, Heather! How my heart goes out to you. I had one of these children, too...actually, TWO of them (my first and third. The second child just would go off, blissfully to sleep without a peep.) I, too, had to sleep in her bed every night, inching my way to the hallway and finally all the way to my own bed...only to find her there an hour later, bringing her stuffed animals, Tonka trucks, and once, the toaster...how DO we survive these children and their madness? We tried Ferber, we tried "the family bed"...the pediatrician finally just told me, "Some of them don't sleep." But, as you pointed out, if you can just keep the perspective that someday you'll actually miss this--the smell of their baby hair, the way they cuddle up and need us SO much...it goes by a lot faster. Best of luck! You might want to check out the blog, sweet juniper...in the archives, Dutch has written a hilarious (in retrospect) account of the sleep wars with his little one. Good luck!
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