Going Crazy

I am losing my freaking mind.  Literally.  I think I saw it hit the floor and the dog just ran away with it to chew on. 

I have kids who refuse to go to sleep.  Currently, both of them are crying in their beds. 
Stink comes out of his room a trillion times a night.....here he comes now!  Just pretend like you can't hear him.  It's like hiding from a bear, play dead.  Your only option since there are no trees to climb. 

Ok, the coast is clear.  He went back. 
Hey, that's an idea.  The Coast Guard. 

And although the other one stays in her bed, she screams at the top of her lungs for me to come lay with her.  And not just for a few minutes.  Been there, done that.  It's ALL NIGHT!

Not to mention that once they are finally asleep, both of them end back up in my bed sometime during the night.  Which means I will have either a foot in my face or someone will back-hand me across the nose at least once. 

I am exhausted.  There, I said it.  It's out there.        E    X    H    A    U    S    T    E    D!
I wish for peace and quiet.  For time to myself. 
Even if it's just to pluck the stray hairs from my eyebrows without slipping thus needing to pencil that part in for a good three weeks. 
Or maybe to read something other than smut because I know I can put that down a hundred times and not forget where I left off.
You know it's bad when you read trashy novels just because your concentration level isn't available for anything better.

Don't get me wrong....it's not always bad.  Some nights I only have one kid in my bed. 

*SCREAMING INTO MY PILLOW*

Got any ideas? 

Comments

[Deanna]

ummmm...vodka? For you, not them. Benadryl for the kids. I KID! We go through spells of this with K-man. After a while of sleepless nights and horrible days at work because my eyeballs are so sticky that I can't see my computer screen clearly, I throw down the gauntlet at home and he has to figure it out himself while I'm in the other room waiting for him to figure out how to scale the crib in his anger. I hate it. I feel like a bad mom. But he finally figures out that he has to sleep in his bed...all night...asleep. *sigh* lather. rinse. repeat.

[melissa from girlymama]

we have the same problems. so while i can totally understand... i have zero advice. let me know if you figure it out! meanwhile, i'll be drinking yet more coffee over here...

[karen]

Sounds like you need Super Nanny! My advice...as a child care provider for 25 years.....is to put them to bed and make them stay there come hell or high water. There can be absolutely no leniency, no "let's let them do it tonight cause I'm tired", no giving in for even a moment. Every time you give in, it gives them hope for the next time. If you make it crystal clear that there is no freakin' way you will let them get up or go into them, they'll give up after a while. They want the attention, so you must put them to bed and ignore them. If they get up, silently carry them (kicking and screaming) back to bed and don't give them any extra attention while you do. It takes a lot of patience because it'll take quite a while....after all...how long has it taken to confirm their habit of staying up all night? Do it now before they're too big to carry!