A week ago I read this posting at Familjeliv.se:
jävla debatt om skrikmetoder, vad fan ska man göra med de som ligger och leker och gapskrattar när de är supertrötta och borde sova då? nyss gick jag in i sovrummet och hittade min snart 9 månader gamla son halvvägs i en kullerbytta. ja, han stod nästan på huvudet. ögonen gick i kors och han skrattade belåtet.
In English:
all this debate about cry it out methods, what the hell does one do with those who lie and play and laugh when they are super tired and should sleep? i just went in to the bedroom and found my almost 9 month old son halfway through a somersault. well he was almost standing on his head. he was all cross-eyed and laughing happily.
At the time I thought it sounded like a funny story, but I couldn’t really imagine myself in that situation.
How things change. For two evenings now I found myself in the exact same position: half an hour past Ingrid’s normal bedtime, when she would normally be cranky and barely able to keep her eyes open, I watched her laugh and roll around in her bed. I didn’t even need to keep her company or supply her with toys, like I normally need to do during the day. All I had to do was to lift her back towards the centre of her cot when she had gotten tangled up in a corner and couldn’t get out. She was as happy as she’s ever been and yet somehow she seemed totally loopy: overclocked, overstimulated, and unable to slow down.
Then suddenly 10 minutes later her energy ran out and she whimpered. And 2 minutes later she fell asleep. Wacky.
Our two-year-old like to play dress-up when she can’t get to sleep. She’ll take off her sleeping bag and pyjamas and put on something more fun, like a summer dress and a pair of sandals. Then she’ll fall asleep still wearing these somewhat inappropriate clothes.