This post is about a dream I had, but first let me take you on a journey.
Earlier this week, the lovely Eden Riley put a call out for advice on how to get her youngest boy to sleep in his own bed as she was crazy tired. I keenly jumped in to add my two cents worth, because I’m good like that. However, my advice was crap. I told her that I often awoke to find at least one, maybe two, of my three children sleeping wedged between myself and my husband.
So, when last night came I thought I’d try out a new approach. I closed my eyes, I summoned all my inner energy and I willed my children to sleep the whole night through in their own bed. Yep, that’s right – I willed them to sleep. It didn’t work.
Miss 4 slept the whole night through in her own bed, except we forget to put a pull-up on her and she awoke dripping wet. Nearly 3 refused to go to bed and instead somehow managed to convince us to give her chocolate custard while watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians. She then climbed into bed with us and bounced up and down squealing for half an hour. That, in turn, woke the 1yo who then screeched until we let her into our bed. When she was put back to “sleep” she spent what felt like the entire night rolling over and sitting up. She would sit there staring at us and rattling the bars of her cot, before one of us would put her flat again, only to have her repeat the process continually until morning.
And that, my friends, is when the title of this post comes into play – The Snot Dream. For the few moments I actually slept last night I had this recurring dream. I had this dream that there was a piece of dried snot stuck up my nose. I kept trying to sneakily pick it out, but every time I’d give it a go someone would come and talk to me. I had the same dream over-and-over-and-over. Each time I’d be somewhere different and each time I had snot stuck up my nose. Even when I was sleeping I was being tormented. It was so cruel. I fear I may never get a good night’s sleep EVER AGAIN.
Do you get a good night’s sleep at your house or, more fittingly, have you ever had a snot dream?
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Omg. Omg love. Did you read all the rest of the comments from people about the sleeping issues – we are all in the same boat Bianca! The same f*cked up, leaky, snot-dream driven boat. When our youngest kids are about 8 years old – THEN we shall be able to pick the snot from our noses. And not a second before XOXOX
So, are you telling me in about seven years I might sleep again!?!! GAH!!!!! xx
I don’t know about snot dreams, but I do know about nocturnal visitors. I wish my child would just climb into my bed and not wake me, but she comes in and stands over me, watching me sleep.
She is such a creep.
7 years until you get a decent night’s sleep; 10 years until you can go to the toilet by yourself; 17 years until you are able to shower in peace; and you will probably never have an uninterupted conversation again 🙂
I’ve decided sleep is overrated – or at least that is what the almost 3yr old has decided and its now the family motto. May have to get a crest made up or something.
Eewwwww! A snot dream????
I have good sleepers, bless them. They weren’t as babies, but apart from the occasional sneak into my bed – once every couple of weeks maybe – they now just sleep. Sometimes there are issues getting them TO sleep, but nothing lots of yelling and separating them won’t fix. They are older, though, 8 and 5. Having said that, they have been good sleepers once they got out of the baby/toddler stage.
I’m happy to say I’ve NEVER had the snot dream (and please god it won’t start now the idea has been implanted …). BUT … no sleep for ANYONE at my house if there’s a mosquito within 100 paces of my beloved!!!
I have no idea how I did it, or why my babies were all so easy, but I had a good night’s sleep practically every night, unless one of them was ill, (usually just a cold involving a blocked nose, so sleeping was interrupted, or someone threw up… rare occasions). All of them slept in their own beds, in their own rooms. They weren’t allowed into my bed until the sun was up and they would stay in their rooms playing or go to the lounge room and play or “read” if they woke too early.
My Littlest is 7, and he STILL crawls into my bed most nights, sleepwalking. Plus Middlest, who’s 9, ended up there last night as well. I only wish I’d had a chance for a snot dream last night. I finally retired to the couch this morning at 5:30 to try and sleep, but too little, too late.
I’m hoping once the children are all of at university I’ll get my bed back.
ha ha! I’m now going to will my children to fall asleep on time, stay in bed until 7 and then magically float upstairs to make breakfast for themselves. I’ll let you know how it goes! Thanks for the tip.
My house is like your house, if that makes you feel any better. Sleep when you are dead that’s what I say. Big love from over here though. xxx
Now I have some freaky recurring dreams… but never about snot. Barbies with babies shooting out of their stomachs, but not snot! LOL
As for the sleep thing… we made a decision early on to embrace the kids in your bed thing, so we have our smallests’ cot tied to the side of our bed with the side off it so at least he doesn’t take up much of my space. Mind you I still don’t get much sleep…. and I haven’t for the past 8 years!
Why did I ever think having kids was a good idea?
never had a snot dream…but i do have sleepless nights and it’s not even because of a child!
Kids in my bed almost EVERY morning when I wake up…generally from a less than peaceful sleep after being kicked by little feet all night. I used to have them trained so well. What happened? I know I should probably get up in the night and take them back to their own beds, until it sticks, but just too damn tired/lazy. I’m no help, sorry, I suck at this.