The Variables

Last night was, well, interesting.

A lot of bedtime resistance.  Tiny Boy didn't fall asleep until close to 10:00, despite being in bed at about 8:45.  This is the problem of continued napping, which I'm sure will be phased out again when he moves to the 4-5 year old room at school next Sept.

But not a peep until 5:30ish.  I gave him his milk, went back to bed.  I think that was all I heard from him until a bit before 7:00, when he walked in to my room on his own.  Happy.  Rested.

I was awake about an hour earlier because I heard something like the storm siren.  It turns out it was our cat who was locked on the porch ALL NIGHT.  Oops.

There are a number of variables and issues here, and I suppose I should be more systematic to figure out what's going on.

1. The placebo effect of the sleep consult itself?  That is, me telling him the sleep doctor said to stay in his bed.
2. He hasn't had milk products, beyond trace amounts in baked goods, for a few days.
3. He's been on fish oil for about a month now (?).
4. Variations in napping, bedtime, and wake time.

But I've had 6 nights of good sleep, which is enough to feel like I'm operating at full capacity.  Yay that.