September 12th 2008
Oh What a Night
We had quite the night last night. Chris and I got to sleep probably around 10:30 p.m. then at about 1:00 a.m. we heard a loud bang and crying. Chris was in the girls room first and when I got there seconds after, he'd already scooped Abby up off the floor. The crying stopped immediately and Chris was telling Abby that everything was alright, she'd fallen out of bed. Abby didn't actually wake up the whole time we were in there trying to check her out and make sure everything was alright, even when I was wiping her face, hands, and torso. (this is what had been on the floor when Chris got to her, and with the chemicals from the extermination we wanted to make sure she was cleaned up) Zoë had woken up however and was thirsty. At bed time she had been really thirsty too and when I'd told her that the small sip she got before teeth brushing was enough, she'd gotten herself another bit of water. I did go and put a bit of water in her cup and gave her a sip and she kindly said that Abby could have the rest. Abby may have wanted it, had she not been completely asleep already. Zoë was being very sweet to Abby, telling her she loved her and such. I had gotten up fast and not taken time to put my flip flops on, so I washed my feet off in the shower before getting back in bed. It took Chris and I a little bit to go back to sleep, since we heard Abby rustling in her bed a lot and were concerned that she'd wiggle herself too close to the edge again. Chris got up and checked on her one last time and then we were off to sleep.
Fast forward to about 4:00 a.m. We heard a cry for one of us and Chris was out of bed even quicker than the first time to run and see what was needed. This time I took enough time to get my flip flops on before going in. Chris said everything was fine and that Zoë just wanted to tell me something, so as he went back to the room I asked Zoë what was bothering her. She confessed to me that she'd wet the bed and just wanted to tell me. She was saying something about needing to go, not wanting to wake me up, something about thinking she was in the shower. Of course I just washed the girls sheets today, I should have known. Actually, Chris reminded me that I did predict it when Zoë went back for the extra sip of water. So, back to the shower I went, this time with Zoë and all her bed clothes. After I got her soaped up and out of the shower, Chris held the mattress protector thing up so that I could spray that down, then I did the sheets. With the bottom, plastic, side of the mattress protector not wet, Chris put it on Zoë's bed and aimed the fan at it, then got the girls tucked in to Abby's bed together. Of course this time Abby was wide awake and telling us all of things that Zoë should have done instead of wetting the bed... so helpful. After we were all back in bed, it took a good 10 or so minutes of us telling the girls to be quiet before everyone could work on getting back to sleep.
Abby @ 4 years, 8 months, 28 days
Zoë @ 4 years, 8 months, 28 days
Enzo expected in 12 days
News posted by Laura at 7:58 AM |
Comments ( 2 )
Comments:
September 13, 2008 09:34:49 PM posted by Celeste A. C. Gaver
Oh I hate those kind of nights too! That's almost as bad as when all the kids have the stomach flu at once. We've had the kids in sleeping bags on their beds as they have a set of sheets in the dryer, a set in the washer, and a set in the soak bucket. I hope everyone took looonnngggg naps then next day!
September 12, 2008 08:19:51 PM posted by Nonna
What a NIGHT!!!