Time has no meaning on vacation at my mother's house. Finwe napped at 5:30pm to about 7pm (diaperless with no accidents), which meant that the evening began off-kilter. Inwe and Larien seized on this as well, remaining awake until 11pm.
I had expected Inwe to sleep in a bed by her lonesome as she complained about Larien's sleeping or non-sleeping all day yesterday. However, with the last of her front teeth hanging by a root, she asked to sleep with me in case the tooth fell out during the night. No problem, was my answer.
When I heard the last of Finwe's conversation with my mother, I crawled in between my two slumbering daughters. Approximately five minutes later, I felt a liquid warmth on my thigh. Larien, probably dreaming of the beach we visited that day, had wet the bed. I changed her clothes while she still slept, transferred her to a different bed, and went back to sleep beside her. Knowing that Inwe wouldn't move more than a few inches from her spot, I had removed the fitted sheet from only half the king-sized bed.
At 1am, Finwe woke next to my mother and began crying for a reason unknown. After half an hour of calming him, all of us returned to our beds for more sleep. Twenty minutes later (isn't it amazing how much you check a clock when people are waking you), Inwe shook me awake telling me that her tooth was gone and she couldn't find it. I told her I'd help her in the morning and ushered her back to bed.
I heard Finwe whine a few more times but didn't come to my mother's aid as he quieted quickly. By 2:30am, a real sleep finally found me. I could complain about Larien's legs flopped across my body, but I won't. I will complain that one large white dog with straight hair and one small black dog with curly hair combined forces to get me out of bed.
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Sounds sort of like my last couple of days - went to NC to visit in-laws and my mother, sans Charlie. Every night Cirdan whined that he wanted HIS house and HIS bed, so getting him to sleep was a chore. At my in-laws I ended up tossing him in the crib that my 4 week old niece isn't using yet. One night Idril woke up sobbing and I ended up sharing a twin bed with her. I thought things would improve at my mother's, but alas Idril had her first accident in 6+ months. Luckily my mother still had the waterproof mattress pad on the bed. I'm glad to be home.
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