Sleepy head

We all like our sleep. Luke tends to get tired very easily; his energy level runs out fast because it takes so much more effort for him to move around. Because of this, he still takes a good nap. By good nap I mean he’ll sleep 3-3.5 hours in the afternoon as well as at least 12 hours at night.


In order for him to sleep you have to leave him “alone”…he can’t see you or hear you or else he isn’t about to go to sleep and miss the “party”. I’ve already shared how he won’t sleep in the car…no matter how tired he is, so he needs his own room and a place to lie down. He also needs the room as dark as possible, when there is light he figures its “party time” or something.

All this said, a few months ago I discovered a pretty funny and sneaky way that Luke adjusted his sleeping habit in order to sleep longer. One day I walked in to turn off his radio and open his window in order to start waking him up so we could go to therapy. Well after opening the window curtains, I looked over at Luke and there he was still asleep with a blanket over his head with his little bare feet sticking out.  So funny.

After that day I had a “new routine” when I woke him up. I had to start turning off the radio, open the curtains and then go over and slowly peel the blanket off his face. Then I sneak of the room and wait. If I directly wake him up he tends to be so cranky that I just want to lock him in his room for the day. So I have learned it is best if he “wakes himself up”.

Although if Luke really wants to keep sleeping, he is smart enough to know his own personal “curtain” moved and so he just moves it back. So sometimes I have to go in and peel back the blanket a second time…although there have been times I peel back the blanket and Luke just looks right back at me, like he was waiting to catch me “red handed”…how dare I move his curtain!