Boys and girls come out to play

Tuesday

You will find this post interesting if you're looking to find out how jet lag effects a family.

Daddy didn't get any sleep on the plane and stayed awake an amazing 27 hours before sleeping on Tuesday afternoon for a couple of hours. Out of everyone in the family he is the one who will have to adjust the quickest to BST as he has to return to work tomorrow. He finally went back to bed about 11 pm, ready to get up at 6am in the morning.

Plum has found today most difficult. She is all at sixes and sevens! She slept amazingly well on the plane and slept again when we got home, literally curling up on the sofa! Completely adorable. She then soldiered on until 9pm when she cried uncontrollably before finally falling asleep. There was no comforting her :( We rather thought this would be her down for the night but she woke after an hour and cried and cried and cried. Daddy and mummy both tried settling her but she wasn't having any of it. Daddy finally went to bed and mummy stayed with Plum until she calmed a bit and accepted milk. I fed her for an hour and then she fell asleep again about 1am and didn't wake until 10am the following morning.

Pumpkin had a restless night sleep on the plane and fell asleep in the car on the way home, continuing to sleep on the sofa for a while. He then stayed awake for the remainder of the day and fell asleep on the sofa with mummy whilst watching The Tigger Movie about 8.15pm. He was first awake the following morning at 10am.

Bean slept restlessly on the plane but somehow managed to stay awake all day. He literally fell asleep whilst eating his dinner. He was chewing as he slept! It was about 6pm. And surprisingly, he slept until I woke him at 10.30am the following morning. That's 16 hours of sleep. (I woke him as we had a dental appointment at 11.20)

I slept restlessly on the plane and slept for a further 3 hours when I got home. I still felt awful. I dozed a little when watching the movie with Pumpkin but felt better after that and was happy to sit with Plum until 1am. I was also happy to sleep until 10am the following morning especially as I had anticipated an early rise from Bean.

As we have no strict appointments over the next few days and our general attitude of allowing the smalls to decide when they are ready to sleep and when they are ready to wake, I wonder how long it will take to return to our previous sleeping patterns?