How I Made it Through Today is Beyond Me!
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
United States
September 13, 2017 4:27pm CST
I had about 5 hours sleep last night. Decided to stay up a little later because I wasn't sleeping well when I went to bed early. Yeah that backfired.
Little Miss was up and down, whining, calling out for me in her sleep. At one point she stood next to the bed and cried until I woke and comforted her. She did go back to sleep in her own bed.
I no sooner got to sleep when I heard noises from outside. Woke the hubby to tell him that something was in the garbage cans. He jumped up from bed, grabbed his clothes and headed out the front door with flashlight in hand. Yup, it was a bear. Hubby couldn't find him. The dang thing made quite a mess.
An hour later, hubby came back to bed. I fell asleep for a few minutes when Little Miss woke up crying. She climbed in bed with us and tossed and turned, poked, kneed, pulled my hair, and whimpered in my ear.
After an hour of that, I took her to the sofa and lay back the recliner. She continued to be restless. That was at about 2:30. I woke at 6:15. My body felt like it ran a marathon. I ached from head to toe.
Coffee didn't help revive me. Could only drink a half a cup because of the sour stomach I had. Ate a 1/2 bowl of cereal to help with the stomach problem.
Crawled through the day. Got home and slept for 20 minutes. Can't wait for bedtime.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 Sep 17
Oh man. Thats how it was when my niece came every weekend. Shw always wanted to sleep in my bed or my moms, and when she did we hardly got sleep due to the punching and kicking and stuff. Its like they purposely do it lol.
Hope you sleep great tonight
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
13 Sep 17
I feel she has outgrown her youth bed. We need to buy a twin bed and set-up her bedroom.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 Sep 17
@ElusiveButterfly that could be it.!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
13 Sep 17
@Courtlynn it will be an adjustment for her to be in her own room. I'll probably sleep in there with her for a while.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
@dodo19 I slept well last night. Little Miss got a good night of rest too. She is battling a cold on top of cutting teeth.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
14 Sep 17
I am laying down now. My muscles are starting to cramp.
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@dodo19 (47066)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
14 Sep 17
@ElusiveButterfly yeah, I can understand. Good thing you were in bed. I hope you slept well.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Sep 17
That sounds like a horrible night. I'm sorry you didn't get much rest! Hopefully you'll get a good night's rest tonight.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
We both are doing better today. Poor thing isn't feeling well. Came home with a head cold.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
13 Sep 17
What a terrible night you had. I hope that tonight everyone sleeps well and you don't wake up until tomorrow morning.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
13 Sep 17
That would be lovely! I am so tired at the moment that I could go to bed now. But, we are just finishing our dinner.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Coffee only helps if I have had enough rest to have my muscles relax and ready for another day. Otherwise I get tense and sick to my stomach.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Sep 17
@just4him I've thought about drinking tea and it may come down to that eventually.
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Sep 17
@ElusiveButterfly That's not good.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
13 Sep 17
Sorry you had such a rough night, I hope tonight will be better for you. 
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
13 Sep 17
Laurel, I hope we all rest well and that the near stays away tonight.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Hope this finds you feeling better. Don't you Love when you have days like this, and everything seems against you?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
It has been a rough few days since then. Little Miss is battling a cold and is achy and whiney. I try to help her with children's Tylenol to ease her discomfort. Even so, she still wakes. Last night she slept fairly well and so did I.
How are you doing?
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Yes it is a joy most of the time. I do enjoy when she calls my name and smiles during the day. The nighttime is brutal though. LOL.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
13 Sep 17
Going for bed time too..Good night! See you tomorrow! 
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
14 Sep 17
I am suffering from stomach pain from yesterday, it may be due to gas...i don't know.. it's severe pain
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Try eating ginger, it helps settle the stomach.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
We were both able to get some rest last night. Little Miss now has a head cold to go along with her cutting teeth. Tylenol helps make her feel better. So, with that said, she slept better last night and so did I.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Sep 17
@poehere Little Miss was late with cutting her teeth. Her molars are coming in now and she is in a lot of pain.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
16 Sep 17
@ElusiveButterfly Normally stuff or runny noise goes along with cutting teeth. My daughter cut her teeth so fast it was amazing. She started at 3 months old and had 2 in. By 6 months she had 10 and was eating table food.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Sep 17
The bear is still coming back to see if it can get an easy meal. The trash has been taken away and there isn't anything left for it to forage. I am sure my neighbors have a tasty snack for him though. They leave out their bird feeders. All he needs to do is cross the lawn to their place and he has his pick of feeders.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Sep 17
@RubyHawk I worry about my granddaughter's safety.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Sep 17
@ElusiveButterfly I would be terrified if bears were wandering around my neighborhood. I wouldn't want harm to come to the bear but what can you do?
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