A Little Exhausted

I'm sure you have seen all the mommy posts about how Day Light Savings is kicking their butt this week!  Well my friends our family isn't any different....however we might be battling a few other sleep issues at the Murray house.

Mason has always been good at making the transition with the time change but this year seems to be different.  Not only is he getting up an hour earlier then usual he is struggling with going to be bed.  Is he over tired?  Have we hit the 24 month traditional sleep regression (I know another one)? Or has he suddenly become afraid of the dark?  He spent the better part of Sunday night turning the light on from his crib, saying "turn light on." We are now sleeping with the closet light on and closet door open slightly.  This seems to have helped and we have made bedtime progress throughout the week.  This too shall pass but we are just a little extra tried in our household....all of us.

Oh, and 32 weeks of pregnancy has hit me like a brick wall.  Pregnancy insomnia has crept in and exhaustion by the end of the day is what I am feeling.  With a little over 7 weeks to go I can only hope this too shall pass.  My growing belly might just be getting the best of me this week and I am keeping my fingers crossed my energy will be restored soon.


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On a total side note, have you seen the sales going on?  Hello, Christmas shopping from my computer.  I'm totally getting a jump on Christmas gifts this year due to the potential timing of baby girl's arrival.

Mint Arrow is a great blog that will keep you updated on the best sales and sale items but if you want my two cents this is what is keeping my busy at night:

Nordstrom up to 40% off
Gap 40% off your entire purchase with code FFSALE
Tiny Prints 25% off  (their pillows are calling my name) & if you get their coupons you should be getting a 30% off in the mail
Carter's 50% off

18 month sleep regression....

The 18 month sleep regression hit our household....the one all my mommy friends have been telling (crying to) me about. I had my fingers crossed it will bypass us all together or not be as bad as I have heard (4-6 weeks without sleep sounds painful). Well, as we all know you don't always get what you wish for!!!  Mason turned 17 months and the regression began (leave it to him to be slightly ahead of the game). At first we were experiencing waking up in the middle of the night to him screaming (brutal but we can handle this) it has now morphed into Mason refusing to go to bed, nap or lay down for that matter. He is doing most of his sleeping sitting up and the other portion laying next to me (gasp, so creating a bad habit with this one but we have to get some sleep). This morning he got up at 4:30am and Mason was ready to rock in roll. He is a mess (it isn't even 8am yet) and we are trying to be as patient as possible on such little sleep. I have to say I'm exhausted but it's like my body knows how to handle the lack of sleep and is allowing me to function a bit. Even with the ability to function (somewhat) I am finding this so frustrating! Mason has always been a good night sleep and easy to put down. He knows the drill and totally understands what we are saying which makes this different from his infant days. We are all doing the best we can! We know our little guy needs his sleep but we also know the 18 month sleep regression is very much real and there is little we can do but muddle through. 

Here are a couple pics of Mason sleeping sitting up. Wish us luck: