No fights about bedtime tonight, lol. While I am giggling inside just a little, I also feel just a little bit terrible too. Let me explain.
Bedtime lately has been a complete nightmare. There is a lot of overwhelming emotions and Julien and Gabriel's little bodies and minds don't know how to handle of these emotions. The feelings of exhaustion, and the extremely strong will to stay awake cause them to lose their tempers and throw fits. And before we all go to sleep there is a lot of crying, fussing, and it is not at all the peaceful experience it should be. No matter how hard I have tried, how many warnings I give, this is just how it has been.
I have been trying vitamins for them in the mornings to see if it helps with mood swings, and their overall mental health, so I thought tonight I would introduce Melatonin vitamins. I read the instructions and it said to introduce it right before bed time, but if you know Julien and Gabriel you know that their hyperactivity is off the charts, so I thought they needed more than just 10 minutes for this stuff to work. So I gave it to them around 6:00pm for an 8:00pm bedtime, and Gabriel was out within 15 minutes, and poor Julien is barely hanging on. Lol.
It is kind of funny, and Melatonin is all natural so it won't harm them, but now that I know it only takes a few moments I will not give it to them until right before we read so that they can at least enjoy story time.
But right now, I think I will just kind of enjoy this peace and quiet and prepare myself for an early bedtime. Because if they are both asleep now, they will both be awake SUPER early tomorrow. Lol.
Today was a beautiful day at Kisatchie. It was a MUCH NEEDED escape.
Sending you guys all lots of love. Go change the world. Do it for Elijah.
Thank you.
I want to go back.
Can we just go back?
I love and miss you so much Elijah.
Always.
<3
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