I have been working on moving my blog to my own domain for about three days now. Since my knowledge about such things is…oh, well…zero….it has been a challenge. I think I have it down to trying to figure out how to change the header of the theme I have chosen to my own custom header. It should be so easy, right? Why can I not get it done?!?! Waaaaah! Ahem. Oh, yeah aside from the header, I have been unable to import about 40 of my posts and pretty much all of the comments. Wordpress.org, why, oh why do you hate me? So because I am devoting all of my brain power to poking around in code I know nothing about, and educating myself on SQL databases and php files, I’m resorting to using bullet points for the rest of this post.
- The Boy has been going through a period of severe disregulation with his sleep. Sleep has always been an issue, but every once in awhile, it gets way out of control. He has not been falling asleep until between 4 and 6 AM. (Yes 4:00 and 6:00 in the morning!) and then not waking up until 4:00 in the afternoon. Needless to say, this makes…well, almost everything….a bit difficult. If we do need to wake his skinny, little behind up earlier, the results are less than pleasant for everyone involved. Oh, the meltdowns. Not cool. These periods usually last about six weeks for The Boy, and I am so ready for this one to be over…so we can see what will be out of whack for the next six weeks.
- So The Boy was still awake when I staggered off to bed at 3:00, so when he came bursting in to my room to announce the cats had woken him up at 8:00, I was less than thrilled. Less than five hours of sleep for him. Or did he even sleep at all? I shooed him out the door and tried to get some more much-needed sleep myself. About twenty minutes later, he was back. Just as I was about to open my mouth and utter some less than pleasant words, he announced, “Mom, I made you this!” Look….
And he was spared. For those of you following along at home, this is a sweet gesture from any child, but for The Boy, with the way that his Asperger’s Syndrome manifests itself, this was an amazing thing.
- It is now 10:30 AM and The Boy looks like this…..
Edited to add: The Boy slept like that, on the couch until 3:00 in the afternoon. He then woke up and talked to us for a few minutes and then flopped over into a new position and went back to sleep for another hour. I see a job that has a grave yard shift in his future.
8 responses so far ↓
1 // Aug 4, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Aw, what a cutie! Looks sort of uncomfortable though! At least he doesn’t have to get up on time to be at school! When I was a kid I went through times of horrible insomnia where I would finally fall asleep at about 4 am or later, and then have to be up at 6:30 to get ready for school. That was the WORST!!!
2 // Aug 4, 2007 at 4:38 pm
How wonderful for you! Does something like that make the time a little more bearable?
3 // Aug 4, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Oh dear, those sleep patterns sound very trying. I’ve just moved my blog to its own domain so I know your pain. I didn’t actually have to move my blog because I’ve kept it where it was and the permalinks are still working.
4 // Aug 4, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Wow! The little present he brought you is really cool and happy and exciting. He’s come a long way in the past few weeks, hasn’t he? Wasn’t it only recently that he started saying he loves you? That’s insanely cool, Mel. I am so proud of you for sticking it out through the tough times, because it really does pay off for The Boy to have such a great support in place.
As difficult as it may be to raise a kid with his unique set of hurdles, I have to admit I’m jealous of you for having one at all. The picture of him asleep on the couch made me just melt. It’s one of the cutest things I’ve seen in a long while.
Take care,
Molly
5 // Aug 4, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Hey Mel, So wonderful to have you writing again. I missed you! Hang in there with the switch to your own domain. It just about killed me, but oh the hilarity of the material I could write about.
Thanks for sharing that present the Boy gave you. It tugged at my heart, as did he, sprawled up on your sofa.
6 // Aug 5, 2007 at 3:44 am
what an AMAZING present! the food, the message, the heart shape for love. i love that!!
poor guy with the sleep. i’m sending our best “eliminate the graveyard shift” thoughts to the whole family.
7 // Aug 5, 2007 at 10:48 am
So much for getting some sleep once they’re no longer infants, hey? I’m crossing my fingers for you that you get some rest soon.
8 Molly // Aug 12, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Did The Boy’s blog move, too?
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