As much as Camille is sleeping better, she still has these strange quirks that don’t work in my favor (or hers). She sleeps really, really hard. 95% of the time when she wakes up her clothes are damp with sweat and her hair is wet and plastered to her scalp and cheeks. She also tends to go from deep sleep to wide awake in an instant and she’s not a pleasant transitioner. It’s almost like she doesn’t know where she is because her body is moving before her brain is awake. She comes out of sleep like a diver breaking the surface of the water and gasping for breath.
Today was a good day because I convinced her to lie back down with me (avoiding the thrashing limbs and ignoring the demands to “go downstairs!” since I knew that 20 minutes wasn’t enough sleep (for her or me). On the bright side she fell asleep the instant she gave up fighting. Unfortunately, my shoulder is going numb and I really have to pee. Trying to decide which primal need takes priority . . .