A little update

The kids have been in school for a month now...Things are going a little more smooth around here... Gavin is in the sencond grade and not too sure about his teacher... Apparently she likes to scream at the kids and he isnt too comfortable with that... We have debated on whether or not to take him out of that class into a "nicer" class but relized there are going to be people in his life that he needs to learn how to handle.. So we are praying that the year goes by smoothly for him. He is such a smart boy and we know he will figure out how to get through this year with a "crazy" teacher.  Zae is in Kindergarten and he loves going to school, he is picking up lots of new things and LOVES his teacher... He has had to pull his color a few times so... not exactly sure what is going on there... I think he just talks to much.... He must get that from his Dad.  Aniya is in preschool 3 hours a day and she Loves her teachers too... she is up and ready to go everymorning... she even picks out her hairstyle and clothes the night before... Everything has to be just perfect!  She is more like a teenager... dont know what I am gonna do with her when we get to that point! She is also starting speach therapy this year... she isnt too bad just a few sounds  but I am glad we are getting is over soon hopefully  we wont need speach next year... And Kalaea and Makai stay home with me... I told Kalaea torwards the end of summer "Its just gonna be you and me!"  and everyday when I drop off the kids at school on the way home she says "Mom its just you and me, and me and you !"  so cute... she wishes she could go to school so bad.. she askes everyday when it is her turn..  Makai is getting bigger... still not saying much  just MaMa and Uh oh  and he sings "itsy bitsy spider"  And thats about it.
      
     As for our sleep training.... cant tell if its going good or not... he was waking up the same amount then all of a sudden last night he only woke up once... so I am totally cluless...

   And One last thing.. if you havnt noticed the ticker at the top of the page .... Yes we are having Baby #6....

"Mommy Sleep Diaries" (or non sleep) Night 1

I have deciede to track my progress with Makai... I am totally at my wits end with this waking up every hour (literally) I mean come on its been A YEAR! So I have gotten alot of advice from alot of people and most of it is either Cry-it-out.. or deal with it... I new Cry-it-out was not for me... so I decieded to deal with it.. then I just wanted it to end... so I tried a version of Cry-it-out... I put him in bed, but I stayed there patting and shh shh shhing and reasurring... but he got so up set with me pushing my hands away when I would try to pat him and just screaming MaMa MaMa... I was done after 20 minutes...(It felt like an hour!)... So I am on my quest again 3 months later to get some quality sleep. I went to the library and got four or five books on sleep... There was one "No Cry Sleep Solution" so I am trying that...

Last Night was night number one..... This is how my night went

7:00 Bath
7:30 Boys bath and girls go to bed
8:00 Boys in bed and time to get Makai to sleep
8-8:30 I nursed him and he fell asleep
Oh maybe I should say last night was his first night in the boys room, no more sleeping with mom and dad!
9:45 he wakes up and I just nurse him back to sleep
11:15 up Patted him rocked him and back to sleep pretty quickly
(really my point is for him to sleep with out being nursed, that is the only way he will fall asleep)
1:20 up patted him , shh shh, and had to eventually take him out to rock him...
3:00 up patted , shh shh shhed, so I lay next to his bed on the floor and keep shhing cause he seems to be falling asleep on his own...
I am thinkin oh my gosh I am gonna get him to sleep, this is so great

3:30 pops up with Mama Mama and refused to lay down... He started screaming so of course I picked him up and took him to my room and nursed him (but didnt let him falls asleep nursing) I "popped" him off and layed him on the floor (yes on the floor) in my room and he put himself to sleep in 30 minutes...
4:15 he wakes up with Mama Mama and i say shh shh and he looks and me and lays down and goes back to sleep WOOOOO HOOOOO (maybe)
6 back up sh sh and back to sleep
7 up shs shh and back to sleep
7:30 up for the day....

This is already improvement on the night before where I nursed him to sleep every hour. I only nursed him 3 times ..... The point of this is to try to get him to learn how to fall asleep on his own.... Why after 5 kids is he the one that I am having problems with?? Hoping to get my sleep back soon.