Sleepless Nights

It’s going onto two am. My daughter is restless, she won’t sleep. Giving up trying to get her to bed I’ve made her a warm drink and put on a soothing DVD, thankful I don’t have to work today. I don’t know how I’m going to go in a few weeks though when my night shifts swing to five am starts. At least at the moment I can usually get in an extra hours sleep before she starts demanding breakfast (usually by jumping on me). She is a different child to last weekend when she was admitted to hospital and a drip placed in her arm. After sleeping for fourteen hours straight I was only able to rouse her long enough for her to drink some water and then promptly throw it back up again. Thank God for the warmer weather. This winter has been the worse one for illnesses since Elizabeth was born. She has practically taken every second week off school this term. I just hope this is building her immune system up for prep next year.