that I have the world's worst sleepers as children? I think Layla might be the worse of the three, but that's not saying much because the other two are no short stops. But what's amazing is their ability to speak clearly and coherently in their sleep.
Scene - dead of night
"Mommy, the baby's head is on my legs," Jory says.
I wake up at the sound of his voice, feel down for his legs which for once are actually downwards and not sideways or upwards, and sure enough I touch the baby's head. I reposition her as she grunts, Jory straightens his legs and just like that my son is asleep again. Was he ever really awake?
"Roro get off of me!" the baby's cries pierce the night.
Rowan, if she's awake enough, gets off her sister if she's awake enough to hear her, if not I intervene and remove her. While both girls sleep as if nothing's happened.
"Baby, get off my head," Rowan says in the middle of the night.
"Move your legs, Jory," the baby screams in her sleep.
Why is that they make each other their pillows in the middle of the night or in the twilight hours of the new day? How is it that they scream, cry, yell, to get someone off of them and yet are asleep the next instant the person moves or is moved? How did I end up with three such horrible sleepers? Can I wrap them up in a cocoon like thingy to teach them how to sleep the correct way?
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