best yet, and striving for a better score!

the entire family was up at 4 something this morning.
i was confused.
the bright side of it all was that claire had the longest sleep, uh, since i can remember. a full straight 7 hours. she was up at 4, but thankfully went back to sleep for a bit.
hubby was restless and gets this way some early mornings. it doesn't make sense to him to just lie in bed, awake, so he goes to work.
jackson had to pee, was thirsty, and since everyone else was awake, he must have thought it was morning.
i think i was the only one who really, really wanted to be in bed!
really.

we've begun a new sleep regime with claire, in hopes of better sleep. she gets a bedtime tonic, a mixture of calcium and trace minerals in a little juice. our hope is that this will help calm her muscles, fulfill any mineral deficiency and keep her asleep longer.
we also began Hylands, Calm Forte 4 kids. this is a homeopathic treatment specifically for night terrors, growing pains, sleeplessness, general restlessness - any of which could be an issue for the little one. they are easy to slip in her mouth during a night waking and they melt in her mouth.

we are hanging onto hope, still claiming that quiet night.