Morning Meltdown

I just got done experiencing my first mega meltdown with the Sprout.  We have had mini meltdowns before where he carried on for a short period of time because he was tired or someone had been holding him, but this was a mega meltdown.

We have been sick, so that was factor number one.  Number  two, I had to de-snot him with the sinus bulb.  Number three, he was tired even though we had gotten up around 5:30 am and it was now 8:00 am.

It all started when I did the de-snotting.  He really doesn't like it.  I didn't even really get to do it because he began freaking out.  So I held him and then gave him to daddy, and he held him and it didn't get better.  I decided I needed to put him into bed and nurse him to see if he would go to sleep.  That didn't work.  He didn't want to nurse and he didn't want to be held.  He didn't want to be snuggled and he didn't want to be tickled or sung to.  He just wanted to roll around on the bed and cry.

He cried and screamed for 45 min.  What I found interesting was that he had his eyes closed for the majority of it and there were minimal tears.  Every time he began to doze off, he would wake himself up.  He was putting up a good fight.  I didn't leave the room and only did intervals of holding and rocking, because it wasn't helping.

I had thought a couple of times of putting him in his swing, but I didn't because he is too big for it, the swing struggles to keep going.  In the end, I got the swing out, turned it's soothing rain forest music on and stuck it on high.  He instantly stopped and drifted off to sleep.  I need one of these for big kids, because it obviously works.

I was surprised how calm I was.  I realized that he wasn't in pain and was generally okay, so I wasn't worried about that, I just realized he was tired and most likely didn't feel all that great, I know I don't and I get to take medicine.  Because I knew he wasn't in any danger, I knew he would eventually settle and go to sleep.  He really just needed to go to sleep.

It was an interesting experience and taught me a little about him because now I know that he isn't a comfort sucker, at least not at the moment.  He hasn't used a Binki for a few months now and he didn't want to nurse to calm down.  He doesn't even suck his thumb.  It will be interesting to see if he develops any kind of soothing technique for when he is at nursery.

All in all we survived, and I am assuming I have an hour or two of him sleeping.  I am sure that knocked him out pretty good.