Tired

Steven woke up around midnight last night and could not fall back asleep without someone snuggling with him. We are trying to get him to sleep on his own and to stay asleep all night long. It is like having a newborn baby again. When he calls for you in the middle of the night and is crying and you want to go to him but know that for his benefit you shouldn't. He ended up being wide awake and I became frustrated with his kicking his bed and trying to wake his brother up. I think it was trying to punish us for not doing what he wants but who knows. I ended up whisper yelling at him (don't want to wake up brothers) and as he sat there sobbing I calmed down and tried to explain to him why we were doing this. At 12:45...in the morning...or night....whichever - it was dark and I was tired. Turned out that his weighted blanket was not on him and he sleeps better with that. I gave him big puppy, tucked him in with his blanket, weighed blanket, and a large lion pillow pet and he ended up falling back to sleep on his own. Hopefully tonight goes better.