Bedtime horrors!!

Bedtime in our house has been absolute HELL for the past few months! Not only with Lani, but with Wesley as well. He was complaining about stomach aches every night, complaining about being too hot/cold, cramps, noises, lights, etc. It is so frustrating when you know there is nothing wrong and he is 8 years old. Lani's issues stem from being spoiled and being allowed to sleep in our bed too much. I take 100% blame for that one.

Over the weekend we finally sat Wesley down and talked to him about what is going on. We needed to get to the bottom of his sleeping issues because we found out that it may be affecting his behavior at school. He just can't go about his day on 7 hours of sleep. After a while he started talking about being scared downstairs, hearing noises, and just being plain old scared. We talked about solutions and decided to have the kids share a room. We went through all the pros and cons with Wesley and he seemed okay with them all. We also made sure to tell him that this was not a 2 week fix. They would be sharing rooms for a while since we have to spend so much time swapping everything.

That night we went out and bought a bunk bed for them. We also purchased Lani a mattress and Disney Princess bedding. Michael spent all day Monday putting the bed together. I think the kids finally got to bed around 10pm which was sooo late.

The first night went great and the next nights have been touch and go. Last night though had me rethinking this whole situation!!! They both went to bed great, then Lani woke up because her cup fell off the bed. This in turn woke Wesley up who then went into full anxiety mode. He was hot, his head hurt, he heard talking, blah, blah,blah! Finally I got him calm and Lani woke back up. So at 10pm Michael was reading to Wesley to calm him down and I was getting Lani to sleep. UGH! Such a long night and I am praying that it doesn't happen too often.