My little night terror

Sleep is such a wonderful thing...you should try it Finlay.

The summer has been filled with taking the kids out and about in order to tire them out for bed time. Since camping bedtime has been delayed to about 8.30-9pm and we all enjoy the longer sunny evenings. But I must say by the time 8pm comes around I am done in. The kids seem to have more energy than me. So there have been play dates at Quarry lake, mornings at Two Jacks lakes before I go to work, play dates in friends back gardens and evening bike rides to the park. But still nothing seems to get them to go to bed easier.
To top it all Finlay's sleeping habits have taken a turn for the worst since camping and he got used to having one of us sleep beside him. Now he is struggling to go to sleep by himself and then seems to scream out in the night with night terrors, which resulted in him preferring to sleep with us. This was okay while he slept....Last week was a full moon...and my son seems to be quite attached to lunar activity (as does the half of Canmore turning up to the ER)
After a usual busy shift, missing a break and working an extra hour, I roll home at gone midnight. Just about to lay my head on the pillow and boom he is screaming in his room. I check on him and he seems to be screaming in his sleep, so I leave him only to find that the next thing James has brought him into be wide awake. And wide awake he was until I couldn't take it anymore and succumbed to a jolly drive around Canmore at 0330 in the morning. 4 am we returned to the house only to have him wake up as I transferred him into the house.4.30 he eventually got to sleep in his own bed. The next thing I was aware of was a little voice in my dreams whispering "Mummy, Mummy is it morning yet", tapping my back. It took me a few seconds to realise that it was Heather bright as a button at 7am. So there my day began again. Keeping the kids busy and active before getting organised for work and another busy evening shift in the ER.
That evening I was very foggy and got home on time. Now that night Heather had a cold and from 11.30 kept screaming at the top of her voice from her room "Mummy I got a boggy".Up again with a tissue and a drink every 20 mins for about an hour before peace and quiet...Oh did I say the Q word!! ....Cue Finlay 0047 crying out. This time I go to his room and he is crying pointing to our bedroom. Done with that laddie!!! And he is not happy when I stay in his room with him. More screaming and crying until he gets worn out and I lay beside him until it is safe to move back to my bed 0300. Aahhh. Sleep...until 7am
Since then Finlay has cried during the night, times are getting shorter and I am not venturing near his room. He gets the picture and gets himself back to sleep.
So I am hoping that we are back on track with sleeping through the night.

Heather is in a morning camp this week from 9am-12 noon and she seems to love it, they have been swimming, doing crafts, making plaster of paris molds and going for nature hikes. I have been having one on one time with Finlay which I must say has taken some getting used to. I was all ready with the building blocks and some books, but be seems to enjoy playing independently. I thought that I would catch up on things with just having one around, but as usual, nothing has really got done!!!