Ooogs, sorry to hear it sweetheart. What a horrid time for you. All confusing.
Wilkie, you say they are happy to play with each other...........I'd leave it right there No need for any more stimulation right now and leaving them to find their way alone/together (IYKWIM) pays off later.
Mars, sleep is pretty dodgy in this house too atm. I blame later nights, later mornings, relaxed routine. The slightest change affects two of my children, the third is not too bad.
I lost the rag through the night. DT1 had been out of bed for the trizilbionthumpeenth time......."I need a wee", "I need you to chum me", "its too dark", "I need a drink", (when DP chummed her to the loo - "leave me alone". The camels back broke in 5 places when she wandered through carrying a cat someone gave her at Christmas. When you press its back it miaows and its legs move. She had snuck it into bed and then rolled over it sometime after she finally fell asleep. The damn thing miaowed and miaowed as she brought it to us and DP and I took turns in trying to find the off switch (somewhere in the caverns of her tummy).
DT2 then work up too and wailed that he had been woken up. DT1 wailed and wailed that she wanted her cat (quarantined) and proceeded to writhe and scream on the bathroom floor for 20 minutes as I lay in bed refusing to get any more angry. Finally I shouted my head off, marched her into bed and sat outside her room returning her to bed everytime she moved a muscle.
I really don't mind getting up if there is a problem - I've just spent 3 nights mopping up vomit and soothing her brow. BUT illness aside this girl has been like this forever. Any time the routine slips she slips back into the same old stuff.
rant done! Didn't mean to type it all, it just poured out
So. Tonights plan is rapid return. I will pop them to bed and wait, like a mouldy pea in the hall and return anyone and everyone to bed the second a toe hits the rug. Only wish someone would do that for me
cuppa anyone?