exhaustion to the third power

thomas is teething again...

last night he woke up at 1230 in the am (i went to bed at 1130). and we were up until nearly 0300 because he was in so much pain.

i was unable to help him at all. it sucked.

we woke up for the day around 0700, so another 4 hours of sleep. the lack of rest has been non-stop since halloween. that was the last night he slept fully.

so tonight, in anticipation of some serious teething middle of the night tantrum, i was prepared. before bed, we had us some motrin to combat the pain and swelling (chipmunk cheeks rock, then a warm bath (he played in the water for thirty minutes). this was followed by his nebulizer in the rocker (newly installed in our bedroom, thank you very much grammy) accompanied by piano lullabies. once the nebulizer was out of steam/meds/whatever is in that little tube i squirt in, he got his pacifier (only at bedtime does he get those) and we rocked until he was fast asleep.

i pray that he gets a full nights rest. not only would my accompanying full nights rest appreciate it, but i believe it will do wonders on his attitude. because these last few days, i've been wondering if my child had been possessed or something.

so, now that my little tyrant is fast asleep, i am headed off to dreamland myself. look out JTT, here i come. gosh, i 'heart' him...