Doing My Head In

Levi is doing my head in!  He is so up and down with his sleeping.  I have no idea at any time what he will do at night when it is bedtime.  He went a couple of weeks happily going to bed by himself and had even progressed to his own bed again.  Given the past tense of that last sentence you can tell it has taken a definite slide again.  The last few nights he has been up a bit before bed and has been alternatively; hungry, itchy, hot; cold and thirsty.  Tonight he was hungry.  Now it is a possibility that he is hungry at times especially at the moment while he is in a growth spurt, but this is what he ate for dinner, in the order he ate it, about three quarters of an hour before he went to bed:

1 Corn on the cob

3 Sausages

1 Full bowl of pasta

2 cups of milk

4 Tim Tams

4 Fruit Tingles

1 Popsicle

and finally 1 slice of bread

Frankly I was surprised that he wasn't groaning on the floor with the sheer volume.  I didn't eat that much and as you can see by the desserts, I was running out of things to feed him that didn't require me to cook another whole meal.  I could believe that his stomach was sore tonight but I find myself unable to believe that his stomach was empty.

He tried up in his bed but I just went in to check and he is diagonally across my bed again.  I don't mind him sleeping with me.  I think it doesn't hurt them (and I know that there are some very strong opinions both sides of this) and I quite like it!  Levi knows that he can move to his own bed at any time and he also doesn't feel pushed to go.  I love that.  I love that it is his decision.  He is capable of sleeping alone whenever he wants and when I need him to.  He is very sweet and cuddly and I am happy to have him there as long as he wants!