Baseline

We are still in the process of getting back to normal life here in our house. Recovering from the jet lag of coming back from California is difficult as we all seem to have a harder time dealing with west to east time changes. I've had a hard time waking up so I can go to work. I love my job, but even that can't keep my body from complaining in the morning. It also doesn't help that Maya hasn't been sleeping very well the past couple nights, a typical aftermath of vacationing. One problem that we have found with traveling is that Maya gets use to sleeping in bed with us because we usually have one large bed in our hotel room that is big enough for all three of us. With all the extra room, Maya loves take the opportunity to sleep in between us the entire vacation rather than sleeping on a roll away bed or her blow up bed. I think it is because it makes her feel safe and secure in a strange place.

The drawback of this is that when we come home she still wants to sleep with us. Now, I don't mind the occasional "There is a big storm and I'm scared" sleeping in bed with us, but, to be honest, she beats us up at night and we prefer for her to sleep in her own bed. There is nothing worse than getting hit in the head with a little foot in the middle of the night because your child has decided that sleeping horizontally across the bed is the most comfortable position. She doesn't know she's doing it, but we sure do!

It usually takes about 3 to 5 days for all of us to get back to normal in terms of sleep depending on how long we have been gone and how different the time was. Sometimes Maya is out of sorts for longer (especially when it comes to wanting to sleep with us) but we just do our best to stick to our normal routines and make her go to bed and wake up when she is suppose to. Getting back to feeling like working after a long vacation...now that is another thing all together!