Like Father Like Son (Part Two)

As Bill and I soon realized after we started dating is how different we sleep. While I'm a fast and deep sleeper, he usually needs to mosey around for a while before bed and can be easily disturbed in his sleep. Even after 5 years, Bill is still amazed at how I sleep like a log: "I called your name, talked to you, and wiggled your toes a bit last night. You didn't even move." My mother also has endless stories about how I have always been able to sleep under almost any circumstances (earthquakes, typhoons, or deafening music).

Naturally and logically, Bill's much more of a night owl than I am. His ability to stay awake sometimes astonishes me. When he's got work to do, he'd completely lose himself, pounding away on his computer on the kitchen table until dawn. After a day's work, he'd wind down by watching a movie or playing a game before bed. Sometimes he'd get carried away and I'd find him sitting in the dark and only the flashing light from the screen would reveal his blood-shot eyes.

Kai has never been a big sleeper. Ever since he was only a day old, he's spent a lot of time awake and alert. As he realizes his ability to manipulate objects and the power he has over his parents, it's been more and more difficult to put him to bed. He'd be so tired that his eyes water and his face red, but he is still smacking on his book or making "The Doggie" sing. He'd be rubbing his eyes, pulling on his ear slowly drifting off to dreamland, but as soon as anyone says something to him, his eyes would pop right open and he'd give you the brightest smiles and start talking. It's a constant occurrence now where he'd get so tired and cranky that, I'd be putting him on the boob, he'd protest against it by yelling at me and turning his face away a few times. As soon as he's on the boob, though, he'd be out like a light.

Speaking of lights, I gotta be better at taking him into the bedroom, away from the lamp, when we do the last feeding before bed. Merely turning it off didn't fool the little one.