Good Sleep!

It was a record night for sleep for one young boy. After going to sleep shortly before 10pm and waking around 11pm, he slept until just before 7! Then he proceeded to sleep two more hours. He should be well rested today.

So this is where we dissect why this might have happened.

• Food? It was a normal food day, he didn’t eat much. I think most of our relatively good nights have come after good food days.
• Naps? He slept from 3:30-5:30 or so, and he didn’t sleep as much as he’d like. We had to wake him up to go somewhere. I thought he’d stay asleep but he didn't, of course. But this week he hasn't been napping very much. Sometimes less than 2 hours per day. We have been working on an earlier bedtime, but that didn't happen yesterday.
• Activity? This is I think the biggest thing for him for yesterday. We went to the garden for a cleanup party, and there were a bunch of kids there. He just went right over and got right in the fray and chased them and played for the majority of our 2 hours there. This was shortly before bed, too. The kids were mostly older - a 2 yo boy, 6 yo girl, 9 yo boy, 12 yo boy. They loved entertaining him and watching out for him while the adults talked and worked the garden. The older boys even raked a pile of leaves for everyone to play in as well. It was great fun.
• Teeth? He has been teething a lot lately and that may have made him a tad more tired than normal. We gave him oragel around 5 or so, but nothing else during the day or night.

It's 9am, and a happy boy is waking up for the day.